"Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people."

-- William Styron

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Scared Quotes

“Even Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, and Albert Einstein made serious mistakes. But the scientific enterprise arranges things so that teamwork prevails: What one of us, even the most brilliant among us, misses, another of us, even someone much less celebrated and capable, may detect and rectify.”
“We have all learned everything we know physicallyâ€”from walking to running a marathonâ€”by trial and error, so there's no reason to become our own worst enemies when we suffer a setback. From time to time everyone falls short of their goals. It's an illusion to believe that champions succeed because they do everything perfectly. You can be certain that every archer who hits the bull's-eye has also missed the bull's-eye a thousand times while learning the skill.”

Source : Amby Burfoot (2009). “Runner's World Complete Book of Running: Everything You Need to Run for Weight Loss, Fitness, and Competition”, p.176, Rodale
“You can do any number of things in the music business aside from trying to look like you're 25. To me it's embarrassing.”
“I don't get into 'becauses.' When you come into a studio you see a number of works. My habit is to go to the one I like most. If you start to say, 'because,' you get into art jargon.”
“What is clear is that business leaders must commit to champion change - to be transparent about their goals for change, to align their incentives systems to drive the change, and to make sure their work environments are flexible in a way that allows men and women who choose to work to be able to achieve all of their potential.”
“For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.”
“There is a connection, hard to explain logically but easy to feel, between achievement in public life and progress in the arts.”
“When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I'd enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back.”

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