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jobs words-of-wisdom deception
"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears," said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones." Charles Dickens
jobs character air
"I know quite enough of myself," said Bella, with a charming air of being inclined to give herself up as a bad job, "and I don't improve upon acquaintance..." Charles Dickens
jobs reading years
I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" - because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead! Charles Stross
jobs reading writing
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job. Charles Stross
jobs moving careers
It's time to question a job or career move when it seems like most energy is devoted to making things appear other than what they really are. Alan Watts
jobs film hard
Film-making is a physically hard job. Alan Parker
jobs asking way
I got my first job the old-fashioned way: I took an elevator to the top floor of many buildings and walked down floor by floor on the stairs going into every firm and asking the receptionist if she knew of any jobs available. Alan Patricof
jobs two together
One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the instrument can do it physically. It's an inverse equation, if that's the right phrase. I just slammed those two words together. It sounded right. Alan Rickman
jobs home feet
I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals. Alan Rickman
description elsewhere
But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach. Jane Austen
description distortion used
Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description. Anthony de Mello
description subjects objects
Empirical description involves enslavement to the object by decreeing passivity on the part of the subject. Gaston Bachelard
description
The description is not the described. Jiddu Krishnamurti
description multiple
Multiple descriptions are better than one. Gregory Bateson
description chains
I knew words were like chains, they held me back . . . the act of description taints the description. John Fowles
description explanation
We must do away with all explanation, and description alone must take its place. Ludwig Wittgenstein
description observation left
The observer cannot be left out of the description of the observation. John Archibald Wheeler
description
A picture is never anything but its own plural description. Roland Barthes
enthusiastic cables
We love our business. We have never been more enthusiastic about cable and its future. Brian Roberts
enthusiastic audience
The audiences are what keep me enthusiastic. David Copperfield
enthusiastic ifs
If you act enthusiastic, you'll be enthusiastic! Dale Carnegie
enthusiastic hyperbole
The Americans are just more enthusiastic and more likely to engage in hyperbole. John Cleese
enthusiastic service-providers providers
Enthusiastic service providers create enthusiastic customers. Ron Kaufman