#ear

It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#began #century #end #prose #romances

You must know in your heart before anyone else does what is going to be good and then follow through. ↗

— Bill Budge

#before #does #else #follow #follow through

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#audience #concert #instinct #into #me

I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer working - when I first moved to Nashville - in a bar in a Holiday Inn. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#bar #country #country singer #first #first thing

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#came #cause #changed #early #i

You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#down #hear #i #know #listener

I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#attempt #buy #close #could #day

Beware of geeks bearing formulas. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#beware #formulas #geeks

Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time. ↗

— Warren Buffett

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I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States. No man can form an adequate idea of the real meaning of the word, without coming here. ↗

— Warren Buffett

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