#edit

Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, 'toxic' financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them. ↗

— Richard Dooling

#because #computers #created #credit #default

Ulysses could have done with a good editor. You know people are always putting Ulysses in the top 10 books ever written but I doubt that any of those people were really moved by it. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#any #books #could #done #doubt

This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time. ↗

— Yasmine Bleeth

#credit #credit card #eating #fantasy #love

I have an older sister named Haley and she wanted to be an actress. So I wanted to be an actress. It's really funny the way that some people don't give kids enough credit for like really being driven, and really wanting to do things so badly. ↗

— Hilary Duff

#badly #being #credit #driven #enough

Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#authors #editors #many #meet #try

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#circumstances #forms #habits #heredity #live

I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me frantically, 'Judy, we need a title.' ↗

— Judy Blume

#book #books #calls #editor #frantically

Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose. ↗

— Eknath Easwaran

#choose #direct #full #giving #learn

There's probably more in the American tradition than people give the place credit for. ↗

— Donald Judd

#american tradition #credit #give #more #people

Keep a journal, and learn how to see how you as an individuals sees information so you can learn your own sign language. Meditate and practice psychic self defense and surrounding yourself with prayer. ↗

— John Edward

#how #individuals #information #journal #keep