#sit

When I sing, trouble can sit right on my shoulder and I don't even notice. ↗

— Sarah Vaughan

#i #notice #right #shoulder #sing

I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is the only reading of the human experience in order to stay alive. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#altogether #argue #certain #experience #fundamentalism

In any ethical situation, the thing you want least to do is probably the right action. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#any #ethical #least #probably #right

The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club? ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#ass #better #chair #club #down

Write a lot. And finish what you write. Don't join writer's clubs and go sit around having coffee reading pieces of your manuscript to people. Write it. Finish it. I set those rules up years ago, and nothing's changed. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#around #changed #clubs #coffee #finish

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it. ↗

— Colin Powell

#close #down #ego #get #gets

I just want to give my best in London, I want to cross that line and see a personal best on the clock then I will see what position I am in. ↗

— Asafa Powell

#best #clock #cross #give #i

Those placed in the position which I now occupy, commonly feel concern about their worthiness to receive the great honour which has been done them. ↗

— Cecil Frank Powell

#been #commonly #concern #done #feel

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. ↗

— Colin Powell

#close #ego #falls #goes #having

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission. ↗

— Colin Powell

#approach #best #chase #dictates #fads