#m

Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#empty #into #life #make #out

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#am #any #awaits #aware #book

You need someone to see what you've done, to read it and to understand it and to appreciate what's gone into it. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#done #gone #into #need #read

I am an independent film-maker first and foremost. I have always cut my own cloth. ↗

— Mira Nair

#am #cloth #cut #film-maker #first

I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world. ↗

— Mira Nair

#dreamed #even #grew #i #i always

I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game. ↗

— Joe Namath

#figured #game #general #i #life

We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race. ↗

— John Naisbitt

#demands #human #human race #learn #material

As a football coach, everything in your life comes after your football schedule. I just could not make that commitment. ↗

— Joe Namath

#coach #comes #commitment #could #everything

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge. ↗

— John Naisbitt

#information #knowledge #starved

In a world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject or set of subjects that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life. The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn. ↗

— John Naisbitt

#alone #changing #constantly #foreseeable #foreseeable future