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Minority art, vernacular art, is marginal art. Only on the margins does growth occur. ↗

— Joanna Russ

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Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory. ↗

— Bill Russell

#margins #mental #mental toughness #toughness #victory

When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality. ↗

— George William Russell

#business #called #engine #first #go

When I start getting close to the end of a novel, something registers in the back of my mind for the next novel, so that I usually don't write, or take notes. And I certainly don't begin. I just allow things to percolate for a while. ↗

— Richard Russo

#back #begin #certainly #close #end

I still have imaginary friends who I talk to in my head. ↗

— Lee Ryan

#head #i #imaginary #still #talk

When I got traded to the California Angels, I really wasn't that excited about going to the Angels because it meant changing leagues and also a whole new set of teammates. But shortly after I got there I realized that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#after #also #angels #because #best

I often concentrate on the eyes and lips, they are great indicators of mood and feeling, and I find that I can project character into my portraits by bringing the viewer's attention to these areas. ↗

— Robert Ryan

#attention #bringing #character #concentrate #eyes

It perhaps has a chance, a commercial chance, this film. It's funny, it's charming, the idea is original, it's unusual and it makes fun of the movie industry in a way that it needs to be poked fun at. ↗

— Mark Rydell

#charming #commercial #film #fun #funny

During the war years I worked on the development of radar and other radio systems for the R.A.F. and, though gaining much in engineering experience and in understanding people, rapidly forgot most of the physics I had learned. ↗

— Martin Ryle

#during #engineering #experience #forgot #gaining

Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel. ↗

— Vita Sackville-West

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