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Anecdotes Quotes

Conversation is the blood of baseball. It flows through the game, an invigorating system of anecdotes. Ballplayers are tale tellers who have polished their malarkey and winnowed their wisdom for years Picture Quote #1

Statements about climate trends must be based on, er, trends. Not individual events or occurrences. Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics Picture Quote #1

During depression the world disappears. Language itself. One has nothing to say. Nothing. No small talk, no anecdotes. Nothing can be risked on the board of talk. Because the inner voice is so urgent in its own discourse: How shall I live? How shall I manage the future? Why should I go on? Picture Quote #1

It is funny, but it strikes me that a person without anecdotes that they nurse while they live, and that survive them, are more likely to be utterly lost not only to history but the family following them. Of course this is the fate of most souls, reducing entire lives, no matter how vivid and wonderful, to those sad black names on withering family trees, with half a date dangling after and a question mark Picture Quote #1

I’m not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes Picture Quote #1

All I’ve ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn’t finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set Picture Quote #1

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Well, politics is much more severe than entertainment. You have to hit those points, in politics, word for word. You have to remember the date. You have to remember the website. You have to rehearse stories that might be asked, have anecdotes ready for questions that might come up Picture Quote #1

There is something about the creative process... which is that you can’t talk about it. You try to think of anecdotes about it, and you try to explain, but you’re never really saying what happened... it’s a sort of happy accident Picture Quote #1

Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation Picture Quote #1

Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes Picture Quote #1

There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of anecdotes Picture Quote #1

Cognitive psychology tells us that the unaided human mind is vulnerable to many fallacies and illusions because of its reliance on its memory for vivid anecdotes rather than systematic statistics Picture Quote #1

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She had no images of this love. She could offer no anecdotes. It was a belief rather than a memory Picture Quote #1

You can always tell the old river hand by the way in which he stretches himself out upon the cushions at the bottom of the boat, and encourages the rowers by telling them anecdotes about the marvelous feats he performed last season Picture Quote #1

I’m not funny in person. I mean I’m really not. I’m one of those people who always screw up anecdotes Picture Quote #1

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Conversation is the blood of baseball. It flows through the game, an invigorating system of anecdotes. Ballplayers are tale tellers who have polished their malarkey and winnowed their wisdom for years (Anecdotes Quotes) Statements about climate trends must be based on, er, trends. Not individual events or occurrences. Weather is not climate, and anecdotes are not statistics (Anecdotes Quotes) During depression the world disappears. Language itself. One has nothing to say. Nothing. No small talk, no anecdotes. Nothing can be risked on the board of talk. Because the inner voice is so urgent in its own discourse: How shall I live? How shall I manage the future? Why should I go on? (Anecdotes Quotes) It is funny, but it strikes me that a person without anecdotes that they nurse while they live, and that survive them, are more likely to be utterly lost not only to history but the family following them. Of course this is the fate of most souls, reducing entire lives, no matter how vivid and wonderful, to those sad black names on withering family trees, with half a date dangling after and a question mark (Anecdotes Quotes) I’m not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes (Anecdotes Quotes) All I’ve ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn’t finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set (Anecdotes Quotes) Well, politics is much more severe than entertainment. You have to hit those points, in politics, word for word. You have to remember the date. You have to remember the website. You have to rehearse stories that might be asked, have anecdotes ready for questions that might come up (Anecdotes Quotes) There is something about the creative process... which is that you can’t talk about it. You try to think of anecdotes about it, and you try to explain, but you’re never really saying what happened... it’s a sort of happy accident (Anecdotes Quotes) Anecdotes and maxims are rich treasures to the man of the world, for he knows how to introduce the former at fit place in conversation (Anecdotes Quotes) Only the history of free peoples is worth our attention; the history of men under a despotism is merely a collection of anecdotes (Anecdotes Quotes) There is no history worthy attention save that of free nations; the history of nations under the sway of despotism is no more than a collection of anecdotes (Anecdotes Quotes) Cognitive psychology tells us that the unaided human mind is vulnerable to many fallacies and illusions because of its reliance on its memory for vivid anecdotes rather than systematic statistics (Anecdotes Quotes) She had no images of this love. She could offer no anecdotes. It was a belief rather than a memory (Anecdotes Quotes) You can always tell the old river hand by the way in which he stretches himself out upon the cushions at the bottom of the boat, and encourages the rowers by telling them anecdotes about the marvelous feats he performed last season (Anecdotes Quotes) I’m not funny in person. I mean I’m really not. I’m one of those people who always screw up anecdotes (Anecdotes Quotes)

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