#om

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be. ↗

— Mario Vargas Llosa

#cannot #creativity #discover #good #good writer

It should be clear by now that my focus here is not freedom of speech or the press. This freedom is all too often an exaggeration. At the very least, blind references to freedom of speech or the press serve as a distraction from the critical examination of other communications policies. ↗

— Mark Lloyd

#clear #communications #critical #distraction #exaggeration

No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing. ↗

— Mario Vargas Llosa

#ephemeral #how #matter #nothing #novel

The United States has the most sophisticated financial markets in the world, which does not leave much room to maneuver. But it also offers investors the greatest access to information and the ability to execute trades quickly and efficiently. So it is a mixed bag of opportunity. ↗

— Andrew Lo

#access #also #bag #does #efficiently

I'm one of the ruins that Cromwell knocked about a bit. ↗

— Marie Lloyd

#bit #cromwell #i #knocked #ruins

I'd rather be stung to death by a bunch of piss ants. ~Synola Harper, You're Busting My Nuptials ↗

— Ann Everett

#humor #mystery #romantic-comedy #death

The adaptive markets hypothesis says that all economic institutions, like our own species, develop and change over time, depending on the population of investors that are engaged with them. ↗

— Andrew Lo

#change #depending #develop #economic #engaged

Did you recently turn into a jerk or have you been one since birth? ↗

— Priya Ardis

#coming-of-age #e-books #ebooks #fairy-tales #merlin

The day that I ever become hip... please shoot me and put me outta my misery! ↗

— Meat Loaf

#day #ever #hip #i #me

Athletes who take to the classroom naturally or are encouraged to focus on grades should be able to do well in the classroom. I believe the reason you go to college is to get your degree. It's not a minor league or an audition for the pros. ↗

— Rebecca Lobo

#athletes #audition #believe #classroom #college