In any creative walk of life, a certain obsessiveness to your craft is absolutely essential. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: A Conversation with Jasper Fforde] Reference
But their obsessiveness is our reward. From Wordnik.com. [Link Punching] Reference
Most of us don't have the mental energy to keep up that kind of obsessiveness for long, though. From Wordnik.com. ["The happiness of the mother is far, far more important in shaping the life of the child than whether or not the child was breast-fed as a baby."] Reference
Medically mediated conception is also time-consuming and encourages a kind of obsessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Varieties of Reproductive Experience] Reference
But it's this "obsessiveness" with music that is part of the. From Wordnik.com. Reference
It ` s a kind of obsessiveness rooted in fear of the unknown, fear of what would happen if we approached matters alchemically. From Wordnik.com. [The Student Operated Press] Reference
His obsessiveness is his salvation. From Wordnik.com. [Manner of Death]
Some of the obsessiveness may get a bit off-putting. From Wordnik.com. [Creature Comforts: Let's Get Serious] Reference
I've already mentioned my obsessiveness with lighters. From Wordnik.com. [ana-ng Diary Entry] Reference
'My family tolerates my obsessiveness, Ms. Berke said. From Wordnik.com. [An Architect's Minimalist Duplex] Reference
The obsessiveness of it is enough to drive anyone crazy. From Wordnik.com. [moschikat Diary Entry] Reference
That is how far Mr. Bush's sickening obsessiveness goes. From Wordnik.com. [Castro Gives Moncada Anniversary Speech] Reference
But their obsessiveness pales in comparison to that here. From Wordnik.com. [Rejected realclimate Posts « Climate Audit] Reference
This alone defines the Guardian obsessiveness with Israel. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
They never would do now, so his obsessiveness was pointless. From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
You have hated her with an obsessiveness that is certifiable. l. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Invokes RFK Assassination While Describing Why She's Staying In Race] Reference
In a way, some of the obsessiveness makes a sick sort of sense. From Wordnik.com. [Meredith Lopez: Are There Baby SATs, Too?] Reference
It's beyond parody and it's absolutely jawdropping in its adolescent obsessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [That time Rick Lazio invaded Hillary's space.] Reference
It will be interesting to see if my laziness and bad memory can overcome my obsessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [MST3K Style Riffing in "Rescue Dawn"] Reference
Don't approach changing your recent habits with the same obsessiveness and anxiety that created them. From Wordnik.com. [Post Election: How To Restore Your Personal Operating System] Reference
But the extent to which Kagan gravitated to Cox's history and character is remarkable in its obsessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Elena Kagan's Obsessive Love For Archibald Cox] Reference
He hates humans, and you find out why and you get a taste of his obsessiveness and ruthlessness from the book. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Mass Effect: Revelation by Drew Karpyshyn] Reference
Over on Absolute, the two-part documentary Live Aid 25 showed just what a few people's obsessiveness can achieve. From Wordnik.com. [Today; Live Aid 25; London: Just Off the Plane] Reference
There was something about Williams -- a determination, an obsessiveness -- that our father wanted us to understand. From Wordnik.com. [My Farewell To Fandom] Reference
My boss in Washington read an early draft and said it was funny, but that I had a "somewhat demented obsessiveness.". From Wordnik.com. [Make. It. Stop.] Reference
HAMMER: And the obsessiveness that must have been contagious, and you probably, at that point, were not even acting. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2005] Reference
But 35 years of private obsessive-compulsion has left me pretty wrecked: I was even obsessive about hiding my obsessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [8/31/02 I think I'll dispense] Reference
Earlier this month, a visit to the Brookfield Zoo with Mr. New Guy uncovered new depths of hidden obsessiveness in Yours Truly. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Doyle: Mold-A-Rama Madness!] Reference
"My family tolerates my obsessiveness," Ms. Berke said, her tall frame accentuated by a sleeveless black dress and black heels. From Wordnik.com. [The Joy of Emptiness] Reference
I am thinking of a patient — I will alter her circumstances slightly — who came to me for help with anxiety and obsessiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Why Your Cubicle Moonlights as a Therapist’s Couch] Reference
Anderson's obsessiveness pays dividends in the look of the film, which is really a joy to behold and the movie's main reason for being. From Wordnik.com. [DVDs: Sherlock Holmes-Apalooza!] Reference
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