#often

For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all. ↗

— Wangari Maathai

#beyond #cause #causes #i #just

Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#civilization #contradict #interpretations #needs #often

There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and "live" with the characters. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#certainly #characters #everyday #everyday life #life

My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. Like most writers, I had to work at other things to earn a living and wrote mainly in the evenings, often very late at night, for many years. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#course #decided #earn #evenings #had

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#bet #better #between #calculated #calculated risk

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act. ↗

— Maxwell Maltz

#bet #better #between #calculated #calculated risk

Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher. ↗

— Joe Manchin

#adult #always #biological #caring #child

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#decisions #explaining #justifying #often #take

I find the subject of childhood fascinating. I explored this subject in Speak to me of love and I am curious about portraying the often painful transition into the adult world. ↗

— Sophie Marceau

#adult #am #childhood #curious #explored

If the music in a groove fits with what you're playing, then play it; if not, then you can play it backwards. If that doesn't work, you try it at a different speed. If it really doesn't work you just break it. The whole ritual to put a record on a turntable just to listen to it, I don't do that too often. ↗

— Christian Marclay

#break #different #fits #groove #i