#refer

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#encounters #had #held #i #interviews

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#early #eat #hour #i #midday

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#i #i am #imposed #lifestyle #me

I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#age #age group #am #another #children

I can see now that a concept or even a feeling makes no sense unless out of our substance we spin around it a web of references, of relationships, of values. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#concept #even #feeling #i #i can

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. ↗

— Maimonides

#indecision #preferable #risk #terror #wrong

I prefer to conduct my life based on how I treat people. ↗

— John Malkovich

#conduct #how #i #life #my life

Culture exists and evolves to relegate to habit categories of interactions the constant conscious reference to which would make human interaction impossible. ↗

— David Mamet

#conscious #constant #culture #evolves #exists

I started out in summer stock, and that's really what I prefer. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#out #prefer #really #started #stock

I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees. ↗

— Ziggy Marley

#i #kingston #life #live #lots