"And life is a good thing for a writer. It's where we get our raw material, for a start. We quite like to stop and watch it."

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Neil Gaiman

#Raw Materials Quotes #Watches Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“One source of frustration in the workplace is the frequent mismatch between what people must do and what people can do. When what they must do exceeds their capabilities, the result is anxiety. When what they must do falls short of their capabilities, the result is boredom. But when the match is just right, the results can be glorious. This is the essence of flow.”
“There are notes between notes, you know.”

Source : The Los Angeles Times Interview, 1969.
“Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.”
“Get it out of your historic head.”
“Emphasising what's in your control allows you to adopt an attitude of equanimity toward luck. You've done what you can, and from there you have to live with the results - good or bad”
“To be resigned when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,- Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part; This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven.”

Source : "The Fireside, stanza 11". "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.
“What one really wants is attracted by one, and one is attracted by what one wants.”
“Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.”

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