“The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters the reader will have strong feelings for or against. It is not finding a setting which will take the reader to a place he or she as never been. It is not the research, whether in fiction or non-fiction. The most difficult task facing a writer is to find the voice in which to tell the story.” WritingBookCharacterStoriesFeelingsStrongDifficultVoiceFictionReaderFindingsResearchTasksSettingSettingsDevelopingPlotNon FictionWriting A BookStrong FeelingDifficult TasksDevising Author:Randy Pausch
“Your task it is, amid confusion, rush, and noise, to grasp the lasting, calm and meaningful, and finding it anew, to hold and treasure it.” FindingsTasksCalmMeaningfulTreasureNoiseConfusionLasting Author:Paul Hindemith
“Finding a way to extend forgiveness to ourselves is one of our most essential tasks. Just as others have been caught in suffering, so have we. If we look honestly at our life, we can see the sorrows and pain that have led to our own wrongdoing. In this we can finally extend forgiveness to ourselves; we can hold the pain we have caused in compassion. Without such mercy, we will live our own life in exile.” IfsWayLooksHas BeensPainSufferingCompassionOur LivesSorrowEssentialsFindingsTasksMercyCaughtHonestlyExileWrongdoing Book:Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are Source: Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are
“Executives will talk about the importance of passion, but what they really mean is finding somebody who will work nights and weekends on their assigned task but predictably and reliably follow orders and just work harder.” MeanNightOrderPassionHard WorkFindingsTasksImportanceHarderExecutivesWeekendReally MeanWork Harder Author:John Hagel
“There is no more important task in a democracy than resolving the differences among people and finding a course of action that will be supported by a sufficient number to permit the nation to achieve a better life for all.” PeopleImportantActionCoursesNationsDifferencesNumbersDemocracyAchieveFindingsTasksSufficientPermitBetter Life Author:Robert McNamara
“The second challenge is to make sure that, growing up in this culture, they have a healthy view of life and God and Scripture. So, that's my other challenge. So, finding that balance is certainly no easy task but it can be very fulfilling. So, that's part of what we talk about in this book.” BookCultureEasyChallengesViewsGrowing UpGrowingBalanceHealthyFindingsTasksScriptureFulfillingEasy Tasks Author:Alex Kendrick
“What we want to do is make sure they're not totally kept from what's going on in the world. We don't want to seclude them but, at the same time, we want them to have wisdom and discernment to make wise decisions - to protect them through the love of the family and the value that we have in one another and in the Lord and our time in Scripture. Finding that balance is not an easy task but it can be done.” WorldWantDoneValuesEasyDecisionLordWiseBalanceProtectFindingsTasksScriptureOur TimeDiscernmentWise DecisionEasy Tasks Author:Alex Kendrick
“Keys to Finding Hope: 1. Hope depends upon taking care that we have at least two alternatives, in every situation we find ourselves, and with every task confronting us. 2. In any situation, no matter how much we may feel we are at the mercy of vast forces out there, that are totally beyond our control, we can always find something that is within our control, however small, and work on that. 3. Nothing that happens to us is just senseless and meaningless. In the context of our total life, it will eventually turn out to have meaning.” FeelsMayTwoMatterHappensCareTurnsForceSituationKeysDependsFindingsTasksMercyAlternativesMeaninglessConfronting Author:Richard Nelson Bolles
“If you set out in a spaceship to find the one planet in the galaxy that has life, the odds against your finding it would be so great that the task would be indistinguishable, in practice, from impossible.” IfsWould BePracticeImpossiblePlanetsFindingsTasksOddsGalaxySpaceships Author:Richard Dawkins
“When you consider the sheer magnitude of investable equities to choose from in the world's emerging markets, you realize that finding one that looks attractive enough to warrant investing your faith and assets in is as formidable a task as finding a needle in a haystack. Fortunately, researching investment opportunities is a lot more interesting than digging for needles in haystacks.” WorldLooksEnoughOpportunityRealizingInterestingFindingsTasksInvestmentInvestingAttractiveAssetsSheerEquityEmergingNeedlesDiggingMagnitudeFormidableWarrantsEmerging MarketsNeedle In A Haystack Author:Mark Mobius
“I just like the insides of things and finding ways into microscopic worlds. There's also an element of control, taking things apart and putting them back together. It's a very tedious task. You can be alone and create a world for yourself.” WorldWayTogetherElementsFindingsTasksTediousBack Together Author:Mackenzie Davis
“It's painful, but it's part of the recognition that makes real healing possible, if healing is possible (the jury is out on that, that's the usual phrase - should I say the jury is deadlocked?). Staying with the pain, attending to it, being present to and with it - that's the task, because that's the only (as far as I can tell) hope of finding a way forward.” IfsWayShouldI CanRealPainHealingFindingsTasksPainfulRecognitionPhrasesStayingUsualShould IJuryAttendingWay Forward Author:Laura Mullen
“My focus is on the reader and that the poet's job is not to inspire himself or herself. The poet's job is to inspire some future reader. And so, as a reader you have a task to do in finding those bottles and opening up the messages and experiencing what's in them inside of yourself.” JobsFocusInspirePoetReaderFindingsMessagesTasksOpeningBottlesOpening Up Author:Edward Hirsch
“The Task Force didn't produce any earth-shattering findings but it suggests that this matter is on the president's radar screen.” MatterEarthForcePresidentProduceFindingsTasksScreensRadarShatteringTask Forces Author:Julianne Malveaux
“We [with Shindzo Abe] should understand that the results of that terrible tragedy of the 20th century, namely World War II, are enshrined in corresponding international documents, and finding a way to settle all disputes without destroying the entire foundation of international law that evolved as a result of World War II is a highly delicate task. Therefore, I would like to reiterate that we cannot second-guess the course, let alone the outcome of our negotiations.” WorldWayShouldWarLawCoursesResultsCenturyTerribleFindingsTasksTragedyFoundationInternationalSettlingWar Of The WorldsOutcomesDestroyingWorld War IiDelicateWorld War IDocuments20th CenturyNegotiationDisputesCorrespondingInternational LawAbeTerrible Tragedy Author:Vladimir Putin
“And although I have seen nothing but black crows in my life, it doesn't mean that there's no such thing as a white crow. Both for a philosopher and for a scientist it can be important not to reject the possibility of finding a white crow. You might almost say that hunting for 'the white crow' is science's principal task.” MeanImportantMightBlackWhitePossibilityFindingsTasksScientistPhilosopherRejectsHuntingPrincipalCrow Author:Jostein Gaarder