#rat

My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method. ↗

— Frederik Pohl

#buddy #different #english #fiction #john

It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life—daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual. ↗

— Viktor E. Frankl

#inspirational

Ever since I took to the streets when I was 17 to protest at great personal risk against the communist dictatorship, I have been a passionate democrat. ↗

— Victor Ponta

#been #communist #democrat #dictatorship #ever

I'm a little bit damaged in about 15 different ways, and it's been nice that no particular damaged area has become a major issue. I'm a more than moderately healthy 65-year-old male who has gotten away with a lot of stuff. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#area #away #become #been #bit

This afternoon, burn down the house. Tomorrow, pour critical water upon the simmering coals. Time enough to think and cut and rewrite tomorrow. But today-explode-fly-apart-disintegrate! The other six or seven drafts are going to be pure torture. So why not enjoy the first draft, in the hope that your joy will seek and find others in the world who, by reading your story, will catch fire, too? ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#explode #inspirational #writing #art

With tens of thousands of patients dying every year from preventable medical errors, it is imperative that we embrace available technologies and drastically improve the way medical records are handled and processed. ↗

— Jon Porter

#drastically #dying #embrace #errors #every

Companies operating in urban communities have a tremendous ripple effect. ↗

— Michael Porter

#companies #effect #operating #ripple #tremendous

Sound strategy starts with having the right goal. ↗

— Michael Porter

#having #right #sound #starts #strategy

There has never been a campaign where there hasn't been sniping from the outside and second-guessing. I hear the same sometimes from the Democratic side in terms of President Obama's campaign, so that's to be expected. ↗

— Rob Portman

#campaign #democratic #expected #hasn #hear

When you tax capital gains income, you don't help the economy, you hurt the economy, which is why President Kennedy, President Reagan, President Clinton and President Bush all believed we should have a lower rate for capital gains. ↗

— Rob Portman

#bush #capital #capital gains #clinton #economy