“I'd say that any character or setting can be given a bit of an otherworldly sheen and be the better for it. The one thing I insist on with my own writing is that I won't let magic solve my characters' real world problems. The solutions have to come from the characters themselves.” WorldWritingRealCharacterProblemGivenBitsMy OwnMagicOne ThingSolutionsSolveSettingSettingsReal WorldWorld Problems Author:Charles de Lint
“Whether game theory leads to clear-cut solutions, to vague solutions, or to impasses, it does achieve one thing. In bringing techniques of logical and mathematical analysis gives men an opportunity to bring conflicts up from the level of fights, where the intellect is beclouded by passions, to the level of games, where the intellect has a chance to operate.” MenGivingDoeFightingPassionOpportunityGamesChanceLevelsClearCuttingOne ThingAchieveTheoryConflictSolutionsIntellectTechniqueMathematicalAnalysisLogicalVagueImpasseMathematical Analysis Author:Anatol Rapoport
“After the Cold War, to rally the American people to understand that we had to be a part of solutions. It's one thing to say that we have to run everything, it's another to say we don't want anything to do with it.” PeopleWantWarRunningOne ThingColdSolutionsCold War Author:Madeleine Albright
“There are a lot of people who are eager to assign blame. I think we're [USA] eager to try and find some solutions. One thing that would help would be comprehensive immigration reform legislation.” PeopleThinkingTryingHelpingWould BeOne ThingSolutionsBlameImmigrationReformUsaLegislationComprehensiveImmigration Reform Author:Josh Earnest
“It's one thing to be discouraged. It's another thing to have despair. Despair is when you think there's just no end to this [suffering]. There's no solution for this. Despair is when you think that your suffering has no purpose, and your suffering has no end.” ThinkingEndsPurposeSufferingOne ThingDespairSolutionsDiscouraged Author:Max Lucado
“When you’re obsessing about one thing, you can reach insights about how to solve hard problems. If you have too many things to think about, you’ll get to the superficial solution, not the brilliant one.” IfsThinkingHardProblemOne ThingSolutionsInsightSolveBrilliantSuperficialObsessing Author:Evan Williams
“In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.” One ThingSolutionsNationalismLogicalAdoptedEnglishmen Author:William Ralph Inge
“I believe everything has a solution, and I take it one day at a time or one thing at a time.” BelieveI BelieveOne ThingOne DaySolutionsOne Day At A TimeOne Thing At A TimeTake It One Day At A Time Author:Lisa Vidal