#once

The real essence of work is concentrated energy. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#energy #essence #real #work

We all have to lead our own life, and we only have the one life, and the only people who can live life not according to their own desires are those who have no desires--which is the majority, actually. People can say what they like, they can speak of abnegation, sacrifice, generosity, acceptance, and resignation, but it's all false. The norm is for people to think that they desire whatever comes to them, whatever they achieve along the way or whatever is given to them--they have no preconceived desires. ↗

— Javier Marías

#life #preconceptions #life

I seized on the change of topic. "These gloves are specialized rubber. They block the current." Gretchen's gaze traveled over Vlad, disbelief still stamped on her features. "Yeah, but how do you two do anything else, unless he has a special, current-repelling glove for his ---" "Gretchen!" my father cut her off. My cheeks felt hot. Don't say a word, I thought to Vlad, seeing his chest tremble with suppressed laughter. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#change

The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play. ↗

— Robert Anderson

#conviction #course #heart #him #his

I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#blocked #conscious mind #direction #get #i

Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West. ↗

— Viktor Yushchenko

#citizens #east #must #once #respected

Richard Branson once said: 'Tony's very good at selling bands and he's very good at making television programmes. But he'll never be great at either, until he decides which one he wants to do.' I entirely accept that. That doesn't matter to me very much. I like the irony of the two lives. ↗

— Tony Wilson

#bands #decides #either #entirely #good

You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself. ↗

— Beatrice Wood

#actress #because #become #being #concentrated

I want the concentration and the romance, and the worlds all glued together, fused, glowing: have no time to waste any more on prose. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#concentration #fused #glowing #glued #i

I screwed my knee up once because I fell off the stage. ↗

— Zakk Wylde

#fell #i #knee #off #once