“There is a rampant tendency in any industry where someone is trying to sell something with a bunch of data, where they cherry pick a little bit... bias a little bit. This becomes quite easy when there is an enormous amount of data to cherry pick from.” TryingLittlesEasyBitsIndustryAmountLittle BitPicksSellsEnormousBunchTendenciesDataBiasCherries Author:Burt Rutan
“I've never seen novels as built things. I have a tendency to see them as found things so that I always feel a little bit like an archaeologist who's working to get some fragile fossil out of the ground. And the more you get out unbroken, the better you succeed.” FeelsLittlesFoundBitsNovelSucceedLittle BitBuiltTendenciesFragileFossilsUnbrokenArchaeologists Author:Stephen King
“I think 40 years ago, it would have been a little bit different because people had a tendency to think the actor was their part. I do find people who, all of a sudden, realize who is sitting in the restaurant and the first thing they react on is not necessarily, "There's that actor," but it's, "There's that killer guy."” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsLittlesHas BeensDifferentGuyActorsBitsRealizingLittle BitSittingYears AgoTendenciesRestaurantsKillers Author:Mads Mikkelsen
“At home in the states, I think there's a tendency in the states to go for the latest, greatest thing. The latest, greatest is the latest greatest. I think when you're talking about France, England, things like that, they look for the history of an artist and they go back when it comes to music like this anyway. They will go back a little bit further. I think the United States is very knowledgeable and it's a good place to play.” ThinkingLooksLittlesStatesPlayHomeArtistBitsUnitedTalkingUnited StatesLittle BitEnglandTendenciesFranceBack WhenKnowledgeableGood Place Author:Joe Louis Walker
“I have this tendency to take a little bit of questionable knowledge and riff on it.” LittlesBitsLittle BitTendenciesQuestionable Author:George Saunders