#manual

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at. ↗

— Simone Weil

#aiming #already #as far as #between #brought

I'm rather pleased with the new manuals. I see Inform now as a gauche young adult, having got past the stage of growing out of his shoes every few months. ↗

— Graham Nelson

#every #few #got #growing #having

Acting is a great way to make a living, especially when I consider what my alternatives were and probably still are. I mean, you are only making movies. It is a lot less pressure than being a surgeon; although it seemed like the only other thing that I was qualified for was manual labour. ↗

— James Spader

#alternatives #although #being #consider #especially

This is your birthday treat, and you're supposed to enjoy it, I reminded myself. It was part of my normal existence to give myself instructions like this. Maybe other people acted and lived in total naturalness. I often wondered if they did. But me? I needed an operating manual. ↗

— Lauren Myracle

#enjoy #life-instructions #operating-manual #life

I don't know anybody's road who's been paved perfectly for them, there are no manuals, you don't know what life has in store for you. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#been #i #know #life #manuals

I class myself as a manual laborer. ↗

— Theodore White

#i #laborer #manual #myself

Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#confused #constituted #delicate #discouraged #distinctions

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe. ↗

— John Gregory Dunne

#labor #laying #like #manual #manual labor

Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers. ↗

— George Orwell

#joint #language #manual #ought #poets

Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#doing #exercise #free #get #happen