#general

I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

#belief #bias #control #dealing #derived

Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting. ↗

— Tom Waits

#awkward #certain #generally #heavy #involved

When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#cooking #dance #eastern #generally #i

If I get blocked, it is generally because I don't know enough about some aspect of the story or the characters. The answer for this is generally more research, or making more background notes, so the place and person can be more fully realized inside my own mind. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#answer #aspect #background #because #blocked

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#credit #generally #generals #get #soldiers

Well, rather than to give you my impression on Los Angeles, per se, my older sister's husband is and American, therefore I have a pretty good idea of the, perhaps the characteristics of Americans in general. ↗

— Nobuo Uematsu

#angeles #characteristics #general #give #good

Speaking generally, people who are drawn to journalism are interested in what happens from the ground up less than they are from the top down. ↗

— Tom Brokaw

#drawn #generally #ground #happens #interested

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#come #general #give #happen #i

The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things. ↗

— Walter F. Ulmer

#clear #developing #essence #general #getting

We generally write best of what we ourselves have seen. ↗