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“Being a writer is like being an individual proprietor:
You don’t like the way I do things, get out of my shop.”
—Peter Carey
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 30, 2014
“The most essential gift for a good writer
is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector.”
—Ernest Hemingway
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 30, 2014
“What you have to do as a writer is...write day in and day out
no matter what happens.”
—William Stafford
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 30, 2014
“Creativity is greater than the sum of its parts.”
—Maya Angelou
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 30, 2014
“Make the content the focus.”
—Austin Dandridge
Tweeted by @TechPoetMonica on December 29, 2014
“Take more chances. Make more art. Launch more often.”
—Cynthia Morris
Tweeted by @creativemorning on December 29, 2014
“You deserve the trust and freedom to speak candidly and honestly,
and to count on your colleagues to do the same.”
—Jesse Hertzberg
Tweeted by @swissmiss on December 22, 2014
“Oftentimes, we live and go through life just accepting things
for the way they are. And oftentimes, all we have to do
is make a decision to change.”
—Steve Larosiliere
Tweeted by @creativemorning on December 22, 2014
“What I feel very uncomfortable about is being called amazing
and inspiring for standing up for what’s right.”
—Sally Rumble
Tweeted by @sallyrumble on December 21, 2014
“Be freethinkers—ask what’s true, not who else believes it.”
—Bill Maher
Tweeted by @billmaher on December 20, 2014
“Every calling is great when greatly pursued.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes
Tweeted by @johnmaeda on December 19, 2014
“Are we raising kids who don’t know how to dream big dreams,
whose biggest goal is getting the next A?”
—Carol Dweck
Tweeted by @TEDTalks on December 18, 2014
“Every day, we should be striving to learn something new.
We should have an unquenchable curiosity.”
—Ken Jennings
Tweeted by @TEDTalks on December 15, 2014
“The fact designers are debating font choice on a protest shirt
is exactly why we earn the reputation for not giving
a shit about real life.”
—Joseph Hughes
Tweeted by @nczeitgeist on December 13, 2014
“It takes a certain amount of nerve just to be a writer.”
—Harold Brodkey
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 12, 2014
“You can’t just educate the kids, you also have to educate the parents.”
—Fawn Johnson
Tweeted by @TheAtlantic on December 12, 2014
“For designers, elegance = empathy;
for engineers, elegance = efficiency. We need both.”
—John Maeda
Tweeted by @johnmaeda on December 12, 2014
“The best writing is certainly when you are in love.”
—Ernest Hemingway
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 12, 2014
“I’ve never seen good results from people trying to speak
about things they don’t know firsthand.”
—Michael Haneke
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 12, 2014
“Carefully constructed sentences cast a tint
of indefinable substance over a story.”
—Annie Proulx
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 11, 2014
“Being able to see the pathology of underlying disease really helps us
apply diagnosis and treatment across multiple species.”
—Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers
Tweeted by @TEDMED on December 10, 2014
“People rarely need more creativity—they simply need more courage.
It’s easier to blame creativity than admit lack of conviction.”
—Scott Berkun
Tweeted by @berkun on December 9, 2014
“Never underestimate the impact increased compassion
can have on your life.”
—Russell Simmons
Tweeted by @UncleRUSH on December 8, 2014
“Some people are born with an amazing gift for storytelling;
it’s a gift which I’ve never had at all.”
—Aldous Huxley
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 8, 2014
“I never write except with a writing board...
And I use all sorts of things. Write on the sole of my shoe.”
—Robert Frost
Tweeted by @parisreview on December 8, 2014
“If you’re young and take a while to respond to a text
from an old person, don’t front like you just saw it. We know.”
—Ryan Evans
Tweeted by @ryanevans on December 7, 2014
“Stress Less Achieve More. Judge Less Serve More.
Age Less Laugh More. Grudge Less Forgive More.
Doubt Less Be More. Fear Less Love More.
—Cory Booker
Tweeted by @CoryBooker on December 7, 2014
“Nothing happens without creativity.”
—Russell Simmons
Tweeted by @UncleRUSH on December 7, 2014
“The metaphor of life as a trip is one I’m fond of—we have limited time
in limited places yet there are interesting experiences all around.”
—Scott Berkun
Tweeted by @berkun on December 7, 2014
“Aliens, seeing Humans kill over land, politics, religion, and skin color,
would surely ask, ‘What the f*%k is wrong with you?’”
—Neil deGrasse Tyson
Tweeted by @neiltyson on December 6, 2014
“Never forget that one of the biggest things you can do in any day
is extend a small act of kindness, decency or love toward another.”
Tweeted by @CoryBooker on December 6, 2014
“Just because you can’t figure out how ancient civilizations built stuff,
doesn’t mean they got help from Aliens.”
—Neil deGrasse Tyson
Tweeted by @neiltyson on December 5, 2014
“Designers work differently based on situational models:
‘designer as creator’ → ‘designer as translator’
→ ‘designer as facilitator.’”
—Ashleigh Axios
Tweeted by @AshleighAxios on December 4, 2014
“If we provide teachers with well designed tools
that are already connected with the standards, we help them succeed.”
—Ashleigh Axios
Tweeted by @AshleighAxios on December 4, 2014
“Of talent, some might say you’ve ‘Got it down to a science’.
But only when it’s also beautiful have you ‘Raised to an Art’.”
—Neil deGrasse Tyson
Tweeted by @neiltyson on December 2, 2014
“A surprising stat: In the developing world, more people die of cancer than HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined.”
—Anders Kelto
Tweeted by @anderskelto on December 1, 2014
“Branding sophistication is worth the effort.”
—Neil Blumenthal and David Gilboa
Tweeted by @thinkstudionyc on December 1, 2014
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