#peri

About 1960, it became clear that it was best for me to bring the experimental part of my research program to a close - there was too much to do on the theoretical aspects - and I began the process of winding down the experiments. ↗

— Rudolph A. Marcus

#aspects #became #began #best #bring

Only God knows why I didn't make it with the Mets, but yes, in a short period of time, I got the opportunity with the Phillies. ↗

— Pedro Martinez

#got #i #knows #make #mets

Working on my own gave me a chance to take my time and experiment a lot. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#experiment #gave #lot #me #my own

Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly. ↗

— Agnes Martin

#artist #artwork #concern #exactly #experience

I've wanted to win at everything, every day, since I was a kid. And time doesn't change a person, it just helps you get a handle on who you are. Even at age 41, I still hate losing--I'm just more gracious about it. I'm also aware that setbacks have an upside; they fuel new dreams. ↗

— Dara Torres

#ambition #dreams #experience #goals #identity

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority. ↗

— Peter Matthiessen

#distinguish #fiction #i #inferiority #nonfiction

To me, they are equally important, as they represent a certain period in my life and times. With that in mind, it really is impossible to pick favorites. ↗

— John Mayall

#equally #favorites #important #impossible #life

If people choose to live their life in a way that does not confront the more troubling aspects of their experience, that's fine, if it works for them. But it will probably make them uncomfortable if they come up against somebody like me. So they just shouldn't! They shouldn't read my work! ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#aspects #choose #come #confront #does

It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice. ↗

— Colleen McCullough

#character #dead #every #give #inexperienced

To me history ought to be a source of pleasure. It isn't just part of our civic responsibility. To me it's an enlargement of the experience of being alive, just the way literature or art or music is. ↗

— David McCullough

#art #being #civic #enlargement #experience