#most

They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things. ↗

— Constantin Brancusi

#because #call #essence #exterior #idea

The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins. ↗

— Heywood Broun

#life #loses #man #tragedy #wins

In terms of sheer writing I might have done most of my work by 11. If you get up at 6:30 or 7 you can get a huge amount done by 11 and have the rest of the day off if you want to, though I have to check my accumulating e-mails. No one ever sends me horrible e-mails. Although some of my books are supposed to be hated, no one ever tells me. ↗

— Melvin Burgess

#amount #books #check #day #done

If you make the unconditional commitment to reach your most important goals, if the strength of your decision is sufficient, you will find the way and the power to achieve your goals. ↗

— Robert Conklin

#commitment #decision #find #goals #important

Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives trying to pass them on one another. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bad #ideas #like #lives #most

I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with. ↗

— James Caan

#career #easiest #get #i #invariably

I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not the only way to fill two hours, or to phrase things, or to order thoughts, or order ideas. ↗

— Jane Campion

#because #culture #expected #fill #film

A publisher should always be on the receiving end. He should take an interest in almost any subject and remain anonymous, letting the author take center stage. ↗

— Cass Canfield

#always #anonymous #any #author #center

The fact of the matter is, most of our orders are not supersized. Less than five per cent are supersized - that's never mentioned. The whole issue has been supersized itself. ↗

— Jim Cantalupo

#cent #fact #five #issue #itself

Ironically, the Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel in the Persian Gulf I mentioned earlier who are fighting terrorism will provide more support indirectly to this war in Iraq than most of the 46 countries that are fully supporting our efforts there. ↗

— Paul Cellucci

#canadian #countries #earlier #efforts #fighting