In East of Eden, John Steinbeck writes: ‘A child may ask, “What is the world’s story about?” And a grown man or woman may wonder, “What way will the world go? How does it end and, while we’re at it, what’s the story about?” I believe that there is one story in the world…. Humans …
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From the final Hold this Thought broadcast: “In East of Eden, John Steinbeck writes: ‘A child may ask, “What is the world’s story about?” And a grown man or woman may wonder, “What way will the world go? How does it end and, while we’re at it, what’s the story about?” I believe that there …
By then, the veterans had developed an informal set of rules for themselves: Take the craft seriously (Dench: “deadly”). Don’t take yourself seriously (Stewart: “That’s death to creativity”). Never think you know it all (Dench: “Absolutely fatal”). Ian McKellen: The Player – TIME Source: TIME
On acting and life
By then, the veterans had developed an informal set of rules for themselves: Take the craft seriously ([Judi] Dench: “deadly”). Don’t take yourself seriously ([Patrick] Stewart: “That’s death to creativity”). Never think you know it all (Dench: “Absolutely fatal”). Ian McKellen: The Player – TIME
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“A comparison of the 2008 population — using data from a variety of sources — with the first census in 1881 shows that the number of Cocks has shrunk by 75 per cent…” Read the rest for the context. How to e-mail a professor. They may not notice, but then again, they do notice. Saaien …
Writing the Lit Review for Research Methods
I recently finished a pretty big, for me, literature review that totaled about 17 pages, including the title page and two pages of references. Here are some scattered thoughts and lessons learned, at my customarily hideous length: I saw the wisdom of The Scholarly Cassidy’s advice to begin the search haphazardly. I spent much early …
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We tend to think of the task of regulation as one of making systems hard to break. An alternative to consider is making systems easy to fix. Think of a computer. You can try to use firewalls and anti-virus software to make your computer hard to break. But it still pays to back up your …
If you don’t correct stuff right when it happens, you can get into serious trouble. Stay on it. Orange Crate Art: Good advice from Harvey Pekar Source: mleddy.blogspot.com
“The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 pm on some idle Tuesday.” – Kurt Vonnegut Blog « I Will Teach You To Be Rich Source: iwillteachyoutoberich.com
You will need to divide your current possessions into four major categories. 1. Beautiful things. 2. Emotionally important things. 3. Tools, devices, and appliances that efficiently perform a useful function. 4. Everything else. The Last Viridian Note Source: viridiandesign.org
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