#direction

The problem is that when polls are wrong, they tend to be wrong in the same direction. If they miss in New Hampshire, for instance, they all miss on the same mistake. ↗

— Nate Silver

#hampshire #instance #miss #mistake #new

Sometimes I wondered whether I hadn't let my career get confined to one direction, but lately I've decided to accept the fact that I have this opportunity to be successful doing comedies. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#career #comedies #confined #decided #direction

The President so far has struck me as a man who is trying hard to keep his balance. He certainly has been very receptive to all my efforts in these directions. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

#been #certainly #directions #efforts #far

The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#contrary #descended #direction #french #french language

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem. ↗

— Mark Strand

#feel #follow #free #imagine #least

What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty. ↗

— Shinichi Suzuki

#beauty #direction #life #look #love

Back then, we could drive a mile from home and there was nothing. Now it's grown in every direction and is populated and modernized. I guess I have mixed feelings about it, but I'm not someone that thinks everything should stop growing. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#back #could #direction #drive #every

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ↗

— Madame Swetchine

#direction #love #loving #makes #more

A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction. ↗

— Amber Tamblyn

#acting #advice #cynical #direction #get

When I left Africa in 1966 it seemed to me to be a place that was developing, going in a particular direction, and I don't think that is the case now. And it's a place where people still kid themselves - you know, in a few years this will happen or that will happen. Well, it's not going to happen. It's never going to happen. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#case #developing #direction #few #going