#mad

Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by. ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#difficult #fiction #good #made #real

One of the things that made me persist in the Antarctic in the face of sickening discouragements was my determination to name a portion of the earth's surface after my father. ↗

— Lincoln Ellsworth

#determination #discouragements #earth #face #father

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#field #made #man #mistakes #narrow

Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way. ↗

— John Elway

#been #being #better #difficult #done

Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#cannot #everything #made #real #regarded

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#field #knows #made #mistakes #narrow

All the mistakes I've ever made in my life have been when I've been drunk. I haven't made hardly any mistakes sober, ever, ever. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#been #drunk #ever #hardly #haven

I had made a decision early on that we were going to do the right things and that if they worked we were going to be very successful. And if for some reason they didn't, all the claims and the protestations and the excuses wouldn't make any difference. ↗

— John Engler

#claims #decision #difference #early #excuses

Asean is obviously a very important association for us. Over the past 30 years Asean has made great strides in regional cooperation covering a number of areas, although recently it has been under strain because of the financial crisis and other challenges. ↗

— Hassanal Bolkiah

#areas #asean #association #because #been

But anybody who steps into the lane beside you is the biggest competition because they made it to the finals. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#because #beside #biggest #competition #finals