#various

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#asking #asking questions #authors #done #excel

The level of ignorance is declining, and the ability to accumulate data and manipulate it for various ends is increasing. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#accumulate #data #declining #ends #ignorance

Al-Qaeda has a kind of loose, almost entrepreneurial structure with lots of cells in various countries that are semi-independent. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#almost #cells #countries #entrepreneurial #kind

I would take lots of falls and you know, get shot three or four times and this sort of thing, so all that sort of stuff. And there are tussles with various characters. I like that kind of thing. ↗

— Marton Csokas

#falls #four #get #i #kind

The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the distinctions of the climates he may explore, and to offer such useful observations on the different productions as may occur. ↗

— William Bartram

#attention #climates #different #distinctions #explore

Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#big #birthdays #concert #every #had

What I try to do is factor in how people use computers, what people's problems are, and how these technologies can get applied to those problems. Then I try to direct the various product groups to act on this information. ↗

— John Warnock

#act #applied #direct #factor #get

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

#best #best way #divide #into #need

Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

#balance #claims #competing #consideration #deserve

Bobby and I have been to various reunions of Our Gang. We've been to like three or four reunions over the past 15 years or so. We were at one in Palm Springs, California. ↗

— Tommy Bond

#bobby #california #four #gang #i