#tract

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to ­music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be. Open a gap for them, create a space. Be patient." [The Guardian, 25 February 2010] ↗

— Hilary Mantel

#distraction #inspiration #openness #problem-solving #procrastination

Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#co-dependence #divorce #idealism #idealists #marriage

I'm the kind of person who just can't wait to get on a train and not know where I'm going. I definitely want to live life to the fullest. And that's the type of man I'm attracted to - somebody with that spontaneous spirit. ↗

— Summer Altice

#definitely #fullest #get #going #i

We were so fundamental that almost everything had been stripped away from the place of worship. Think of the role words can play, when all other enticements and sensual attractions are gone. ↗

— James D. Houston

#attractions #away #been #everything #fundamental

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#artists #attracted #capabilities #i #i think

I've never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some kind of order to extract meaning from it, to bring meaning to it. ↗

— Toni Cade Bambara

#bring #circular #convinced #even #experience

As an actor I've been attracted to the sort of films that I want to go and see. That tends to usually be drama-related. ↗

— Eric Bana

#attracted #been #films #go #i

The trouble for today's footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines in their hands. Now, more often than not, they are checking the share prices. ↗

— Franz Beckenbauer

#coming #distractions #football #footballers #get

I didn't feel very attractive as a child and actually I wasn't. ↗

— Kate Beckinsale

#attractive #child #feel #i #very

When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble. ↗

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

#attract #feels #man #strong #strong woman