#sting

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength. ↗

— Lawrence Clark Powell

#capacity #creative #factual #fictional #lasting

Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#centuries #combating #death #demon #doom

We know that the decisions we reach will have a profound impact on the communities hosting our military installations, and more importantly, on the people who bring those communities to life. ↗

— Anthony Principi

#communities #decisions #hosting #impact #importantly

Testing, we will never do enough of it. ↗

— Greg LeMond

#never #testing #will

I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting. ↗

— Martin Puryear

#casting #i #methods #necessary #realized

The best thing I've learned is, if you're going out, never go out alone - you leave yourself vulnerable. If you've got someone else there you trust, they can say, be wary of that person. I probably used to be too trusting of people. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#best #else #go #going #got

You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#director #i #interesting #interesting stuff #just

I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#between #distinguish #i #nationalism

Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity of the American people should be reflected in this legislation, though sadly, they are silenced. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#actions #american #american people #charity #compassion

If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#desire #devotional #discussions #energy #faith