#or

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#behavior #exert #human #human behavior #influences

I didn't need to depend on the record company to publish my records. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#depend #i #need #publish #record

There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#like #make #nothing #rejection #you

We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#born #country #decry #ever #history

Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#dues #every #incremental #into #payment

Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#imagination #key #lies #never #never forget

Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#almost #difficult #hit #home #home run

But we didn't have the financial structure, like the right attorneys, the right managers, the right accountants, and we were going against the grain of what black entertainers is supposed to do. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#against #attorneys #black #entertainers #financial

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#anyone #between #cross #evil #forces

I have a great memory. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#i #memory