“The five happiest people I have ever met all had this strange little quirk of referring to their jobs as a 'calling.'” PeopleLittlesJobsFiveStrangeCallingMetsReferringQuirks Author:Eric Sevareid
“Martin Swinger is one of those rare singer-songwriters who excels at everything: singing, songwriting, guitar-playing, and being so present with his humor, tenderness, and wild mind that his performances are also deep conversations, soul to soul and heart to heart, about the quirks, surprises, and love that brings us most alive. His songs, ranging from the little plastic parts that hold the world together, to what enlightenment comes from Buddha and Betty Boop falling in love, are whimsically and wisely original and enduring.” WorldMindHeartLittlesSoulTogetherSongFallAliveConversationSingingEnlightenmentPerformancesAnd LoveOriginalsSurpriseFalling In LoveEndureGuitarSingersSongwritingPlasticTendernessSongwritersSinger SongwritersQuirksHeart To HeartGuitar Playing Author:Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
“And we all get mired in the bullshit, the personality quirks, the personality disorders (ours and everyone else's), the jealousy, the disappointment, the blocks, the financial struggle, our egos, I do it too, I do it too, but if you can't remember it is all about the work and nothing else then I can't help you and you can't help yourself and you will lose. I promise you. You will lose.” IfsWritingI CanHelpingRememberLosesStrugglePersonalityPromiseEgoFinancialDisappointmentBlockDisorderBullshitI PromiseHelp YourselfQuirksPersonality Disorders Author:Jami Attenberg
“I honestly don't like Photoshop. I think when people Photoshop things, all of a sudden you're like, 'That's not even me anymore.' It takes away the natural beauty of a person. I think Gisele [Bundchen] had just said something like there's no more rawness, like the little quirks. You know, I have a gap in my teeth and sometimes people take it away. But I'm like, 'I love my teeth.' You know, that's me.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLittlesPersonsSaidSometimesNaturalHonestlyTeethGapsQuirksPhotoshopRawness Author:Lily Aldridge
“Beginning writers are often advised to 'write what you know,' and since I knew about quilters - their quirks, their inside jokes, their disputes and their generosity, their quarrels and their kindnesses - the lives of quilters became a natural subject for me. Quilting wove together my two themes as completely and effortlessly as I could have hoped.” KnowsWritingTwoTogetherNaturalKindnessSubjectsJokesGenerosityThemeDisputesQuarrelsHaving HopeQuirksInside JokesBeginning WritersQuiltingQuilters Author:Jennifer Chiaverini
“Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with irregularities, quirks, and words like 'knight.'” LanguageProcessCenturyDemocraticMessEvolveKnightsQuirksDemocratic ProcessIrregularity Author:Joshua Foer
“A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.” PeopleKnowsFirstsPersonsQuirksKali Author:Kali Hawk