#now

The trick to making a story matter is that every now and then, somebody you care about has to go. If it's somebody that you don't care about, then it doesn't really have - the stakes aren't there. But if you do that every now and then, then the story matters to people. And there are actual stakes involved, emotional stakes. ↗

— David Simon

#actual #care #emotional #every #go

Human knowledge has been changing from the word go and people in certain respects behave more rationally than they did when they didn't have it. They spend less time doing rain dances and more time seeding clouds. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#behave #certain #changing #clouds #dances

Nathan Lane always wanted to play Oscar. When he came in the first day, he already knew his lines. He said he'd known them since he was 18. ↗

— Neil Simon

#always #came #day #first #his

Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending. ↗

— Neil Simon

#ending #entertainment #go #how #know

You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen. ↗

— Paul Simon

#how #humble #know #pen #place

Well, darling, you can have your tearoom now. ↗

— Norton Simon

#now #well #you #your

People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it. ↗

— Nate Silver

#good #how #information #intuitive #know

To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance. ↗

— Nate Silver

#answer #extent #find #know #making

The unknown is very scary. ↗

— Kyle Shewfelt

#unknown #very

I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them. ↗

— Mark Shields

#advocate #any #bridge #build #committees