#usual

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. ↗

— William James

#effort #means #metaphysics #nothing #obstinate

The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. ↗

— William James

#cold #criticisms #crushed #dry #due

More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn't say I have a talent that's special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina. ↗

— John Irving

#i #kind #life #maybe #me

Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition. ↗

— Jason Isaacs

#condition #human #human condition #hunger #me

When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#i #life #my life #select #three

I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#easily #hard #i #i think #read

I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me. ↗

— Daniel Dae Kim

#funny #home #i #laughing #me

That's my main flaw: I always think authority figures or my boss is going to think something I do is funny. And usually they don't. ↗

— Jimmy Kimmel

#authority #authority figures #boss #figures #flaw

I just saw a copy of a cover of a magazine that I'm on, and it's very weird and unusual. ↗

— Mia Kirshner

#cover #i #just #magazine #saw

I've worked with many directors, good ones and bad ones. So if I have a chance to work the good ones, I better put myself in their hands, and trust them, because that's my big opportunity to be different, and to be better than usual. ↗

— Thomas Kretschmann

#be different #because #better #big #big opportunity