#raf

It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened. ↗

— Mark Twain

#huck-finn #loveliness #raft #self-worth #stars

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#writing-craft #business

It's hard now to imagine that kind of travel and the daily tasks they simply took for granted. If a wagon axle broke, you had to stop and carve a new one. To cross a river, you sometimes had to build a raft. ↗

— James Houston

#build #carve #cross #daily #granted

It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today. ↗

— Michael Apted

#compelling #craft #directors #filmmaking #five

Every decade needs its own manual of handicraft. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#every #handicraft #manual #needs #own

Traffic is only one of the side effects of growth. ↗

— Roy Barnes

#growth #only #side #traffic

The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco trafficking in Columbia. ↗

— Rand Beers

#associated #columbia #concerning #cultivation #deal

The drawing and the crafting of the story are fun, but it's the overall meaning that matters to me. It might escape some people who just want to read a comic, and that's fine. The overall meaning is what matters. ↗

— Brian Michael Bendis

#crafting #drawing #escape #fine #fun

Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity. ↗

— Joe Biden

#awesome #created #departure #opportunity

All military and most commercial aircraft use our designs that process power from jet engines. ↗

— Amar Bose

#commercial #designs #engines #jet #military