"The job of the writer is to look at where he is now and make some sort of emotional sense of it, not only for that moment but for years to come."

-- Colum McCann

#Jobs Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Years Quotes

“Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.”
“I can't explain chemistry. I really can't. I haven't got a clue what it's all about. It just happens. It's like falling in love. You can't explain why you fall in love or explain why it's this particular person.”
“The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed.”

Source : Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.85, Penguin
“I have to admit that Christina is goodâ€”though I donâ€™t like giving credit to Candor smart-mouthsâ€”and so is Peterâ€”though I donâ€™t like giving credit to future psychopaths.”
“Make a fairy tale and go and live in it.”
“So far in facing this huge [peak oil] challenge, our political/economic system seems unable to cope with reality. We are forced to carry on living in an illusion that we have so much time to adapt to post-oil that we don't even need to be talking or thinking much about what a world without plentiful oil would look like. Reality has become too dangerous.”
“The great thing about Los Angeles is that you can get so much money in this town by constantly failing. You can get a lot of television deals that don't go anywhere, but you still get paid.”
“I studied to be an architect. And I find tremendous similarities between building a company and the design process. Businesses have to do their planning on the fly in a fashion similar to an architect sketching.”

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