#shortcut

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts. ↗

— Italo Calvino

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The problem with making an extrinsic reward the only destination that matters is that some people will choose the quickest route there, even if it means taking the low road. Indeed, most of the scandals and misbehavior that have seemed endemic to modern life involve shortcuts. ↗

— Daniel Pink

#misbehavior #scandal #shortcuts #life

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut. ↗

— Stephen King

#around #aware #i #lot #must

A lot of people don't like bumper stickers. I don't mind bumper stickers. To me a bumper sticker is a shortcut. It's like a little sign that says 'Hey, let's never hang out.' ↗

— Demetri Martin

#bumper sticker #hang #hey #i #like

Short cuts make long delays. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#life-lesson #pippin #proverbs #shortcuts #life