"Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves."

-- Alice Walker

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever.”
“It daunted me that you were so beautiful, that you were so at ease in social situations, as if every room was heliotropic, with you at the center. And I guess it daunted you that I had so many more friends than you, that I could put my words together like this, on paper, and could sometimes conjure a certain sense out of things. The key is to never recognize these imbalances. To not let the dauntingness daunt us.”
“I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try to simplify it. I like to give people hints or words that make visual pictures for them.”
“Winning breeds winning.”
“Balanced, sensible nutrition: eat food, not too much, mostly plants, a healthy diet ala Michael Pollan, modern physical activity on a daily basis, modest weight loss - translated into a 58% reduction in the occurrence of diabetes. A clear indication of the power of lifestyle over health. The challenge now is the development of the community-based programs that will translate what we learned in the diabetes prevention program and put it to work in every town in America.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“Basic philosophy, spirit and drive of an organization have far more to do with its relative achievements than do technological or economic resources, organizational structure, innovation and timing.”

Source : MARVIN BOWER (1966). “THE WILL TO MANAGE CORPORATE THROUGH PROGRAMMED MANAGEMENT”
“The great object of life is Sensation - to feel that we exist - even though in pain - it is this "craving void" which drives us to gaming - to battle - to travel - to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment.”
“I could depend a lot on my shaking, though I never shimmied vulgarly and only to express myself.”

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