#tom

Once a novel gets going and I know it is viable, I don't then worry about plot or themes. These things will come in almost automatically because the characters are now pulling the story. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#almost #automatically #because #characters #come

I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words for it are focal dystonia. The symptom in my case was a pinky finger that went spastic when I tried to draw. ↗

— Scott Adams

#case #common #cramp #draw #drawing

Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost. ↗

— Felix Adler

#assembly #consideration #contentions #custom #exalted

I'm predicting that we'll finally have a computer will search my e-mail automatically and delete every message that begins with 'thought you'd be interested,' and then give an electrical shock to the sender to remind him or her to stop send that kind of message. ↗

— Scott Adams

#begins #computer #delete #e-mail #electrical

The best plan now is to have as many bosses as possible. I call it boss diversity. If you work for a company and you have one boss and that boss doesn't like you or wants to get rid of you, you're in trouble. But if you work for yourself, you have lots of bosses, who are your customers, and if a few of them decide they don't like you, that's okay. ↗

— Scott Adams

#boss #bosses #call #company #customers

I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot of cars, yeah. ↗

— Hasil Adkins

#cars #down #got #hill #i

We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#must #neglect #never #own #patient

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday. ↗

— Felix Adler

#church #custom #emphasizing #ethical #importance

As you think, you travel, and as you love, you attract. You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. ↗

— James Lane Allen

#brought #love #take #think #thoughts

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#active #bottom #bottom line #by the time #get