#something

And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you look very deeply at a situation, unlike in real life when we just kind of snap something out. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#character #deeply #just #kind #life

It's just something I've always done. In South Texas, the first guitar you get is a Mexican guitar. And the first one I got, the first thing I did was take it apart. ↗

— Guy Clark

#apart #did #done #first #first thing

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#over #powerless #risk #something #trying

Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#because #character #discovery #draw #feel

I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#convince #did #difficult #finally #get

I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn't really enjoy. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#bit #chore #enjoy #get #guitar

Yeah, I wanted to know where they got it from, what it was all about, you know, and it seemed to strike something in me that was you know rearing it's head and I still don't know what that is. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#got #head #i #know #me

We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20? ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#been #discovered #hadn #half #how

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#almost #certainly #distinguished #elderly #impossible

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#certainly #distinguished #elderly #impossible #possible