“We lawyers are always curious, always inquisitive, always picking up odds and ends for our patchwork minds, since there is no knowing when and where they may fit into some corner.” MindMayEndsKnowingFitCornersLawyerCuriousOddsInquisitivePatchworkOdds And Ends Book:A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens Source: A Cyclopedia of the Best Thoughts of Charles Dickens
“We change who we are to fit the exogenous of our time, and not just strategically or to our own advantage, sometimes sympathetically without our even knowing it for the betterment of the whole group.” SometimesWholeKnowingGroupsFitAdvantageOur TimeWho We AreBetterment Author:Meryl Streep
“I resent like hell that I was maybe eighteen before I ever heard the 'L' word. It would have made all the difference for me had I grown up knowing that the reason I didn't fit in was because they hadn't told me there were more categories to fit into.” MadeReasonDifferencesHellKnowingHeardFitSexualityCategoriesEighteenResent Author:Michelle Shocked
“I often prefer the shapes within the raw materials to ‘do their thing’, as this makes it movre interesting for me. Sometimes a piece of hubcap fits in such a way that the shark becomes almost alive in my hands, climbing, twisting or just hanging motionless and predatory, and this gives me a buzz. It makes me feel like a vehicle for the creation process rather than a controller, and not knowing the exact outcome is exciting.” WayGivingFeelsSometimesHandsProcessInterestingKnowingPiecesAliveCreationMaterialsFitShapesExcitingGive MeOutcomesClimbingVehicleNot KnowingSharksBuzzRaw MaterialsPredatoryControllers Author:Ptolemy
“It is the consistency of the information that matters for a good story, not its completeness. Indeed, you will often find that knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.” KnowsLittlesMatterStoriesKnowingInformationFitEasierPatternsConsistencyGood StoryCompleteness Book:Thinking, Fast and Slow Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow