#spontaneity

Basketball is an intricate, high-speed game filled with split-second, spontaneous decisions. But that spontaneity is possible only when everyone first engages in hours of highly repetitive and structured practice--perfecting their shooting, dribbling, and passing and running plays over and over again--and agrees to play a carefully defined role on the court. . . . spontaneity isn't random. ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

#practice #spontaneity #thin-slicing #random

The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral. ↗

— Simon Hoggart

#dinner party #formal #funeral #imperial #japanese

I like Vegas for its spontaneity. ↗

— Tony Curtis

#like #spontaneity #vegas

Creativity is not merely the innocent spontaneity of our youth and childhood; it must also be married to the passion of the adult human being, which is a passion to live beyond one's death. ↗

— Rollo May

#also #being #beyond #childhood #creativity

Especially when you deal with comedy, you have got to be really honest because it's the honesty and the spontaneity that causes people to chuckle, that catches people. ↗

— Austin Peck

#catches #causes #chuckle #comedy #deal

As you get older, it gets a bit harder to keep the spontaneity in you, but I work at it. ↗

— David Hockney

#get #gets #harder #i #keep

People use the Method as a shield; it shields them from being vulnerable. I hear all these young actors who are like, 'I'm Method, I'm gonna go live in the house, you know, I totally get it, I've done it, I've been there', but one thing I know is it kills spontaneity. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#being #done #get #go #gonna

There might be a different model for a literary community that's quicker, more real-time, and involves more spontaneity. ↗

— George Saunders

#different #involves #literary #might #model

But I really like hosting, I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise, and I love the spontaneity of that, and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone. ↗

— Garry Shandling

#behind #desk #funny #hosting #i

I live for the present and foot the bill to whoever wasn’t invited. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #life #spontaneity #funny