#brief

Political reporters no longer get to decide what's news. The days when a minister gave briefings to a dozen lobby correspondents, and thereby dictated the next day's headlines, are over. Now, a thousand bloggers decide for themselves what is interesting. If enough of them are tickled then, bingo, you're news. ↗

— Daniel Hannan

#bloggers #briefings #correspondents #day #days

Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age. ↗

— Herman Hesse

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We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#absolutely free #brief #called #experience #free

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement. ↗

— Horace

#art #book #briefly #call #great

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure. ↗

— Horace

#brief #i #obscure #struggle

I strive to be brief but I become obscure. ↗

— Horace

#brief #i #obscure #strive

I have a little pocket Bible that I have with me all the time in my briefcase, and so usually in the mornings, sometimes on the campaign bus or plane, I always try to catch some time to do that regularly. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#bible #briefcase #bus #campaign #catch

Briefly speaking, our conclusion is that stochastic volatility does not make a huge difference as far as the pricing is concerned if you get the average volatility right. It makes a big difference as far as hedging is concerned. ↗

— John Hull

#average #big #big difference #briefly #concerned

The Avalanche," peacemaker Rachel recites, "is very important. It's a privilege to sing it. It's a celebration of our past." Everybody around the table smiles at her. "Yeah? Well, I've seen how easily the past can get rewritten." I glare at Mr. Oamaru. "Lyrics change. New authors come along. ↗

— Karen Russell

#karen-russell #occurrence- #change

Music is pleasant not only because of the sound of many voices, but because of the silence that is in it. ↗

— Karen Russell

#karen-russell #occurrence- #home