#tin

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility. ↗

— Robin Morgan

#hoarding #humility #information #knowledge #knowledge is power

There are a lot of people out there who are just waiting that we fail. They brought up the theory that we're one-hit wonders and they want us to fall flat on our noses, just to prove them right. ↗

— Mark McGrath

#fail #fall #flat #just #lot

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#always #approach #characters #fiction #flexible

The real intimidating stuff is the scene where you show up for the first day. You kind of square off, and that is where you look each other in the eye. ↗

— Ron Livingston

#each #eye #first #intimidating #kind

It's absolutely of no importance who or what V was under the mask. He isn't a who or a what, he's an idea. The thing is, you couldn't continue it. Now and then the idea of a sequel has been raised, in vague forms, but I think it would be a bad idea. The story's finished. ↗

— David Lloyd

#bad #bad idea #been #continue #finished

Second guesses in putting are fatal. ↗

— Bobby Locke

#guesses #putting #second

Unreasonable," "unrealistic," and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea that fails to conform with conventionally expected standards. ↗

— Chris Guillebeau

#non-conformist #uplifting #art

Texas has been hit especially hard this year by a continuing drought, threatening high winds and increasingly destructive range fires. Simply, these conditions have lead to extremely adverse conditions in the agriculture industry. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#adverse conditions #agriculture #been #conditions #continuing

I almost fainted. There was no family history. I had been eating a vegetarian diet and I exercised. ↗

— Rue McClanahan

#been #diet #eating #exercised #family

The outstanding people realized that the job involved more than just writing a good strategic plan. It was also important that top management should understand the plan and be prepared to adopt it. ↗

— David C. McClelland

#also #be prepared #good #important #involved