“I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.” PeopleDifferentHappensBitsGrowing UpGrowingSucceedToolsIncrediblesPrivilegeRussiaThings HappenRealisingLooking BackMake Things HappenDifferent Life Author:Natalia Vodianova
“I played guitar when I was a kid, a little bit. I can tool around with a guitar, but I'm certainly not a musician.” LittlesI CanKidsBitsLittle BitMusicianToolsGuitar Author:Matt Ross
“I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i' that way, the minute the clock begins to strike, as if they took no pleasure i' their work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too much.... I hate to see a man's arms drop down as if he was shot, before the clock's fairly struck, just as if he'd never a bit o' pride and delight in's work. The very grindstone 'ull go on turning a bit after you loose it.” IfsMenWayI CanHateBitsWorkPleasureToo MuchMinutesPrideArmsGoes OnShotsToolsI HateDelightStrikesClockStrokesGrindstone Book:Four Novels of George Eliot Source: Four Novels of George Eliot
“I may go back and spice it up with a little bit of the tool stuff and grunting and all that that I know so well. But it feels like I'm rehashing old material. And some of my audiences like that. So I'm there to entertain. I'm not there to make a political statement or anything like that. I'm there to entertain.” KnowsFeelsWellsMayLittlesPoliticalStuffBitsAudienceMaterialsLittle BitToolsStatementsSpices Author:Tim Allen
“In terms of style, too, I think I've been working with a somewhat limited -- although intentionally limited -- set of tools. So I'm attempting to be a bit looser as I start stories off. To digress. To make interesting mistakes.” ThinkingStoriesBitsTermInterestingMistakeStyleToolsAttempting Author:Kelly Link
“I use two million Twitter followers as a tool. The reason I have Twitter is so people can get to know me as a different person other than Dwight. I just realized all of the sudden like everything thinks I'm Dwight. They think that I'm Dwight from the office and that I'm this kind of annoying, difficult, nerdy, creepy guy and they don't know Rainn Wilson - although I'm a little bit nerdy, annoying and creepy. I'm not as much as Dwight Schrute.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindLittlesPersonsTwoDifferentReasonUseGuyBitsDifficultMillionsOfficeLittle BitToolsFollowersAnnoyingKnow MeCreepyWilsonNerdyDwightGet To Know MeJust Realized Author:Rainn Wilson
“Literature deserves its prestige for one reason above all others - because it's a tool to help us live and die with a little bit more wisdom, goodness, and sanity.” LittlesReasonHelpingDiesLiteratureBitsGoodnessLittle BitDeserveToolsSanityPrestige Author:Alain de Botton