#ouch

It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#again #beginning #beginnings #came #follows

Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it. ↗

— Jack Wagner

#leading #leading cause #reality #stress #those

I'm writing a novel about two actresses who go to New York, because that's what I know about. One has lost touch with reality, disappears and is picked up by a man. ↗

— Julie Walters

#because #disappears #go #i #know

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#being #ever #every #feels #him

For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home. ↗

— Stephanie Perkins

#love #relationships #touching #love

There's one more thing I want to say. It's a touchy subject. Black beauty. Black sensuality. We live in a culture where the beauty of black people isn't always as celebrated as other types. I'd like to help change that if I can! ↗

— Jody Watley

#beauty #black #celebrated #change #culture

China has not established the rule of law and if there is a power above the law there is no social justice. Everybody can be subjected to harm. I'm just a citizen: my life is equal in value to any other. But I'm thankful that when I lost my freedom so many people shared feelings and put such touching effort into helping me. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#any #china #citizen #effort #equal

A strategy is something like, an innovative new product; globalization, taking your products around the world; be the low-cost producer. A strategy is something you can touch; you can motivate people with; be number one and number two in every business. You can energize people around the message. ↗

— Jack Welch

#business #every #globalization #innovative #like

My work schedule has changed over the years. The one constant is, when at work on a novel, I try to work seven days a week, so as not to lose touch with that world. Within that, I'm flexible on hours and output. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#constant #days #flexible #hours #i

It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen. ↗

— Forest Whitaker

#carson #central #commits #dreams #east