#ene

My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs. ↗

— A. Bartlett Giamatti

#been #encourage #entrepreneurs #goal #operate

Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. ↗

— Stephen King

#norms #politeness #reading #society #writing

Family businesses that have been around for generations are suddenly closing their doors, and while I'm not comparing my situation or my family's situations to theirs, the fact that my father's business, which has been around for 30 years, might not be around, it gives me a perspective that makes me want to fight even harder for a lot of people. ↗

— Alexi Giannoulias

#been #business #businesses #closing #comparing

There have been times when I reread - or at least leafed through - something because I'd sent a copy to a friend, and what usually happened was that I noticed dozens and dozens of clumsy phrases I wished I could rewrite. ↗

— Peter Straub

#been #clumsy #copy #could #dozens

Robin had always wanted to go solo, so when it happened I wasn't angry at all. I understood the situation. But Barry is so full of pride and couldn't understand why Robin had done it. ↗

— Maurice Gibb

#angry #barry #done #full #go

I'll never get used to living without Mo, but the painful things that surround what happened to him aren't so painful any more-not so raw or so new. ↗

— Robin Gibb

#get #happened #him #i #living

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#general #instead #love #much #music

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#giving #less #more #need #pride

Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#giving #i #i do #me #more

I've owned more sofas than I've had husbands. Both sag in the end, but I generally fall out of love with the furniture quicker than the men. ↗

— Janet Street-Porter

#end #fall #furniture #generally #had