#clarity

Strike experienced a moment of pure clarity: he would never make it out of here, would never rise above his current position as Rodney’s lieutenant, because all the intelligence and prudence and vision came to nothing if it wasn’t tempered and supported by a certain blindness, an oblivious animal will that Rodney had, that he, Strike, did not have. Rodney would survive all this not because of his guts or his brains, but because he understood that there was no real life out here on the street, no real lives other than his own, and that what really mattered was coming first in all things, in all ways and at all costs. ↗

— Richard Price

#real-life #success-secret #intelligence

They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#end #ever #had #i #many

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare. ↗

— Michael Moriarty

#clarity #comes #doing #good #honesty

The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#clarity #comes #conviction #disappointment #gain

Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#craft #embodied #jane #me #mine

They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties. ↗

— Bernard Pivot

#expressing #great #language #nuances #our

It's all about consistency, and what makes a child or a dog secure: order, clarity - all those things. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#child #clarity #consistency #dog #makes

I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me. ↗

— Tom Sizemore

#blame #burst #call #came #clarity

Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them. ↗

— Gary Ryan Blair

#achieving #blessed #clarity #cursed #documenting

Let me be clear: I don’t want to make love to a mannequin—I want to make love like a mannequin. Oh, if only I were that animated in bed.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#bed #clarity #funny #humor #life