"The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Doe Quotes #Attention Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?”
“We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number, so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose.....It's not just saying yes to the right products, it's saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as other ones.”

Source : "Apple COO Tim Cook: 'We Have No Interest In Being In The TV Market'" by Dan Frommer, www.businessinsider.com. February 23, 2010.
“I made silk screens of my drawings. I could add a drawing that was made with a machine or digitally to a drawing that was made by hand. What I love is that you can't tell how they're made. For some reason, fooling the eye really excites me.”
“There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.”
“Through the music and words we, as the band The ex, express our thoughts and opinions and ideas. It is not always totally necessary for our audience to clearly hear and understand every line I sing. The power and impact, the positive energy of the music are as much part of the whole thing as the words. We are not trying to convert people, but we believe in our music and like to play it in front of other people, hoping that we can get them as excited as we are about our music.”
“God and the devil lose to a common enemy: inertia.”
“Any good biography has to got to lead you to the work. Many biographers have started out in love with their subjects and ended up hating them.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The time for boring ethical discussions around disability is over. It's only through feelings of admiration, aspiration, curiosity and envy that we can move forward.”

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