“I often think about image, and image is something that - but in truth, the real artistic process, as I've understood it, is 95 percent intuitive, like seat-of-the-pants, at-the-moment decisions that you can't even explain, you know?” ThinkingKnowsRealMomentsProcessDecisionPercentUnderstoodArtisticSeatsPantsIntuitiveArtistic Process Author:George Saunders
“The music comes first, like, 99 percent of the time. I come up with the basic chord structure and the melody first and then I get really obsessed with arranging, adding, and subtracting parts. The last step of the process, for me, is finding words that fit into that structure and figuring out exactly what I want to talk about.” WantFirstsLastsProcessStepsFitFindingsPercentStructureCome UpObsessedMelodyChordsGet RealArranging Author:Mikal Cronin
“The first splurge of creativity is kind of free, and the last 30 percent is painstakingly hard work, but it's good to light a fire and make it public and create that expectation. It's become part of the writing process, really, a way to ask the audience what they think, how they think it's going. I can't write songs in a vacuum.” ThinkingWayWritingFirstsKindI CanHardLightLastsSongAsksProcessCreativityAudienceFireHard WorkExpectationsPercentWriting ProcessVacuums Author:Andrew Bird
“The brain processes meaning before detail. Providing the gist, the core concept, first was like giving a thirsty person a tall glass of water. And the brain likes hierarchy. Starting with general concepts naturally leads to explaining information in a hierarchical fashion. You have to do the general idea first. And then you will see that 40 percent improvement in understanding.” GivingFirstsPersonsIdeasProcessUnderstandingWaterBrainFashionInformationPercentConceptsStartingGlassesDetailsImprovementCoreLikesTallProvidingHierarchyExplainingThirstyGist Author:John Medina
“As a collegiate, I think you spend 50 percent of your time recruiting. It is a distasteful process.” ThinkingProcessPercentDistasteful Author:Marv Levy
“When I said on national television I still struggle, a reparative therapist called me and said if you'll come into therapy with me I can cure you of your temptations and attractions 100 percent. And then there are the offers of using homosexual pornography within the therapeutic process to help people understand why they're struggling.” PeopleIfsSaidStillsI CanHelpingProcessStruggleTelevisionOffersPercentAttractionCuresTemptationTherapyHomosexualPornographyTherapistsTherapeutic Author:Alan Chambers
“The reality is that we have one of lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth because so many people have given up on the political process. The reality is that there has been trillions of dollars of wealth going from the middle class in the last 30 years to the top 1/10th of 1 percent.” PeopleYearsHas BeensCountryRealityEarthLastsPoliticalGivenProcessWealthClassMiddleMajorsPercentDollarsMiddle ClassVotersLowestGiven UpVoter Turnout Author:Bernie Sanders
“10 years ago [in 2006], nearly 90 percent of those albums sold enough in that year to reach Gold status. 10 years later, about 30 percent were eligible. With the new rules, we figure about 40 percent of the top 200 best-sellers for the year will be eligible. We were very cautious in our approach to changing how we calculate what is eligible because the integrity of the process is our foremost consideration. It's difficult to get certified sales awards, and it's a big deal and we didn't want there to be a huge change in how many would be eligible.” WantYearsEnoughBigsWould BeProcessDifficultDealsFiguresHugeIntegrityApproachPercentYears AgoGoldAlbumsConsiderationAwardsBig DealCautiousSellersBest SellersHuge Changes Author:Cary Sherman
“The moot court process in our office when we get ready, we - everybody, including the SG, does two moot courts for each argument. And they are phenomenal, and they predict 90 percent of the questions that I get asked, at least 90 percent.” DoeTwoProcessReadyOfficePercentArgumentCourtIncludingPhenomenal Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“Not all teams use the same tests and certainly those tests are far from being 100 percent as well. It's part of the process.” WellsUseProcessTeamPercentTests Author:Bill Belichick
“Protecting the sovereignty of the United States, putting a wall on the southern border, making sure that criminals are not part of our process. These are all things that 80 percent of Americans agree with, and these are all things that President Trump is doing.” StatesProcessPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWallTrumpPercentAll ThingsAgreeCriminalsBordersSouthernSovereignty Author:Reince Priebus
“The only way change happens is when people become more significantly involved in the political process. We have to increase voter turnout and citizen participation so that people know what's going on and demand a government that works for everybody and not just the one percent.” PeopleKnowsWayGovernmentHappensPoliticalProcessCitizensInvolvedDemandPercentIncreaseVotersParticipationVoter Turnout Author:Bernie Sanders
“Happily for me, ninety-nine percent of all human life is spent simply repeating the same old actions, speaking the same tired clichés, moving like a zombie through the same steps of the dance we plodded through yesterday and the day before and the day before. It seems horribly dull and pointless-but it really makes a great deal of sense. After all, if you only have to follow the same path every day, you don't need to think at all. Considering how good humans are at any mental process more complicated than chewing, isn't that the best for everybody?” IfsThinkingNeedsHumansSeemsActionMovingLife IsProcessDealsStepsPathPercentTiredComplicatedYesterdayNineHuman LifeDullConsideringNinetyZombiePointlessChewingNinety Nine Book:Double Dexter: Dexter Morgan (6) Source: Double Dexter: Dexter Morgan (6)
“We have to accept ourselves in order to write. Now none of us does that fully: few of us do it even halfway. Don’t wait for one hundred percent acceptance of yourself before you write, or even eight percent acceptance. Just write. The process of writing is an activity that teaches us about acceptance.” WritingDoeOrderWaitingProcessAcceptingTeachAcceptanceActivityPercentHundredEightHalfway Book:Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life Source: Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life