#raft

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#writing-craft #business

It's hard now to imagine that kind of travel and the daily tasks they simply took for granted. If a wagon axle broke, you had to stop and carve a new one. To cross a river, you sometimes had to build a raft. ↗

— James Houston

#build #carve #cross #daily #granted

It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today. ↗

— Michael Apted

#compelling #craft #directors #filmmaking #five

Every decade needs its own manual of handicraft. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#every #handicraft #manual #needs #own

The drawing and the crafting of the story are fun, but it's the overall meaning that matters to me. It might escape some people who just want to read a comic, and that's fine. The overall meaning is what matters. ↗

— Brian Michael Bendis

#crafting #drawing #escape #fine #fun

All military and most commercial aircraft use our designs that process power from jet engines. ↗

— Amar Bose

#commercial #designs #engines #jet #military

Craft is part of the creative process. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#creative #creative process #part #process

I had written in another draft a completely different kind of fight, but they said they couldn't afford to shoot it. They needed a fight scene, though, so I was told to put a fight scene in, but not the one I had written. ↗

— Dana Carvey

#another #completely #different #different kind #draft

But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and military personnel continue anti-terrorist operations in the Persian Gulf. ↗

— Paul Cellucci

#canada #canadian #continue #crucial #global

So I'm going to tell you, it's going to be a good year. There are good players all over this country, and it is our job as a scouting department to find them, draft them, sign them, develop them, and help us to continue to win championships. So it's going to be a good year. ↗

— Roy Clark

#continue #country #department #develop #draft