#work

While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the 1990s is already inaccessible. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#century #creative #creative works #data #inaccessible

What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imagination you instantly have to say, 'Oh, what this really is is so-and-so,' reducing it to a simple formula. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#formula #imagination #instantly #me #need

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#capable #first-rate #know #like #love

It was a real honor to be able to work with someone like that that I've been watching since I was a kid. I mean, to play his brother left some people scratching their heads but something about it really worked. ↗

— Jared Leto

#about #been #brother #heads #his

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness. ↗

— Anthony de Mello

#compassion #destroy #fearlessness #human #human race

It's just nice to work hard and be rewarded, which is having lots of people watch. And the icing on the cake is for me is to be able to walk around with pride, feeling that the product you put out is worthy of being watched. But honestly, it's not a big deal. I don't put too much stock in fame or celebrity anyway. I don't put it in the 'important' box. ↗

— Christopher Meloni

#anyway #around #being #big #big deal

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#force #irresistible #movable #temptation #work

Work, look for peace and calm in work: you will find it nowhere else. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#calm #else #find #look #nowhere

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#about #believe #enough #must #talk

You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images. ↗