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Descriptions Quotes

When I taught writing classes to psychiatric patients, I met people whose stories of manic highs and immobilizing lows appeared to be textbook descriptions of classic bipolar disorder. I met other patients who had been diagnosed with myriad disorders. No doctor seemed to agree about what they actually suffered from Picture Quote #1

Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan Picture Quote #1

You almost can’t avoid having some version of the multiverse in your studies if you push deeply enough in the mathematical descriptions of the physical universe Picture Quote #1

People should know better than to be an ass in front of writers. We immortalize things. Lots of things. And we take liberties with character descriptions Picture Quote #1

I’ve seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You’ll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas Picture Quote #1

It’s no longer possible to simply build English country houses out of words, because they’ve already been so thoroughly described that all the applicable words have been used up, and one is forced to build them instead out of words recycled and scavenged from other descriptions of other country houses Picture Quote #1

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Our culture has created two almost irreconcilable descriptions of a ‘good woman.’ The first is the individual achiever; the second, the self-sacrificing domestic goddess Picture Quote #1

Let’s say I find a lot of current American fiction too overwritten for my tastes, too self-conscious; I like something that’s simpler and more direct. The story is what matters to me. I hope to make it seem real to readers, as if it happened just like this - so I don’t want fancy descriptions getting in the way Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t imagine what it’s like to be a journalist talking about music. You’re left with empty descriptions; you probably have to make up a sort of weird cocktail of band influences and references to other music to get your point across Picture Quote #1

Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have Picture Quote #1

The Goddesses? I don't believe the term is good enough, but when you're bound by these terrestrial descriptions, you must use the best choice available Picture Quote #1

Restaurants stress the protein. People read menu items left to right, with the protein first. I read descriptions right to left Picture Quote #1

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Learn from cinema. Be economic with descriptions. Sort out the telling detail from the lifeless one. Write dialogue that people would actually speak Picture Quote #1

There are multiple descriptions of the same real world situation. The only justification for language is to empower yourself. If the verbal description you create of the situation you find yourself in leads to paralysis and ineffectual behaviour, then throw those damn words away and find yourself a new set. There is always some useful description of the world that empowers and gives you choices and your task, if you are going to use words at all, is to find that set of words Picture Quote #1

Recipes are just descriptions of one person’s take on one moment in time. They’re not rules Picture Quote #1

It is impossible to describe a landscape so validly as to exclude all other descriptions, for no one can see the landscape in all its aspects at the same time, and no single view can prevent the existence and validity of other equally possible views Picture Quote #1

If we were magically shrunk and put into someone’s brain while she was thinking, we would see all the pumps, pistons, gears and levers working away and we would be able to describe the workings completely, in mechanical terms, thereby completely describing the thought processes of the brain. But that description would not contain any mention of thought! It would contain nothing but descriptions of pumps, pistons, levers! Picture Quote #1

The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation Picture Quote #1

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Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people Picture Quote #1

Studying the universe engages us in something bigger than ourselves. Science tries to describe, in terms we can only grasp intuitively, things that are beyond our intuition.... all we can hope for is that our physical descriptions, like a song or a good painting, are a faithful evocation of some ineffable truth Picture Quote #1

One who is caught in thought loses one’s original nature. All he knows are words and descriptions. When he sees the actual thing, he fails to perceive it Picture Quote #1

How can love be worthy of its name if one selects solely the pretty things and leaves out the hardships? It is easy to enjoy the good and dislike the bad. Anybody can do that. The real challenge is to love the good and the bad together, not because you need to take the rough with the smooth but because you need to go beyond such descriptions and accept love in its entirety Picture Quote #1

If, while observing the boundless universe, the writer is able to scrutinise his own self as well as others, the resulting incisiveness of his observations will far surpass objective descriptions of reality Picture Quote #1

One of the things that frequently gets lost in descriptions of depression is that the depressed person often knows that it is a ludicrous condition to feel so disabled by the ordinary business of quotidian life Picture Quote #1

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The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force Picture Quote #1

The fundamental principle in the analysis of propositions containing descriptions is this: Every proposition which we can understand must be composed wholly of constituents with which we are acquainted Picture Quote #1

When you consider how many millions of workdays begin with hangovers great and small, it is mildly surprising to find how few real descriptions of the experience our literature can boast Picture Quote #1

I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go to see it and examine it closely Picture Quote #1

Sometimes words need music too. Sometimes the descriptions are not enough. Books should be written with soundtracks, like films Picture Quote #1

I don’t wanta hear all your word descriptions of words words words you made up all winter, man I wanta be enlightened by actions Picture Quote #1

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When I taught writing classes to psychiatric patients, I met people whose stories of manic highs and immobilizing lows appeared to be textbook descriptions of classic bipolar disorder. I met other patients who had been diagnosed with myriad disorders. No doctor seemed to agree about what they actually suffered from. (Descriptions Quotes) Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan. (Descriptions Quotes) You almost can’t avoid having some version of the multiverse in your studies if you push deeply enough in the mathematical descriptions of the physical universe. (Descriptions Quotes) People should know better than to be an ass in front of writers. We immortalize things. Lots of things. And we take liberties with character descriptions. (Descriptions Quotes) I’ve seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You’ll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas. (Descriptions Quotes) It’s no longer possible to simply build English country houses out of words, because they’ve already been so thoroughly described that all the applicable words have been used up, and one is forced to build them instead out of words recycled and scavenged from other descriptions of other country houses. (Descriptions Quotes) Our culture has created two almost irreconcilable descriptions of a ‘good woman.’ The first is the individual achiever; the second, the self-sacrificing domestic goddess. (Descriptions Quotes) Let’s say I find a lot of current American fiction too overwritten for my tastes, too self-conscious; I like something that’s simpler and more direct. The story is what matters to me. I hope to make it seem real to readers, as if it happened just like this - so I don’t want fancy descriptions getting in the way. (Descriptions Quotes) I couldn’t imagine what it’s like to be a journalist talking about music. You’re left with empty descriptions; you probably have to make up a sort of weird cocktail of band influences and references to other music to get your point across. (Descriptions Quotes) Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have. (Descriptions Quotes) The Goddesses? I don't believe the term is good enough, but when you're bound by these terrestrial descriptions, you must use the best choice available (Descriptions Quotes) Restaurants stress the protein. People read menu items left to right, with the protein first. I read descriptions right to left (Descriptions Quotes) Learn from cinema. Be economic with descriptions. Sort out the telling detail from the lifeless one. Write dialogue that people would actually speak (Descriptions Quotes) There are multiple descriptions of the same real world situation. The only justification for language is to empower yourself. If the verbal description you create of the situation you find yourself in leads to paralysis and ineffectual behaviour, then throw those damn words away and find yourself a new set. There is always some useful description of the world that empowers and gives you choices and your task, if you are going to use words at all, is to find that set of words (Descriptions Quotes) Recipes are just descriptions of one person’s take on one moment in time. They’re not rules (Descriptions Quotes) It is impossible to describe a landscape so validly as to exclude all other descriptions, for no one can see the landscape in all its aspects at the same time, and no single view can prevent the existence and validity of other equally possible views (Descriptions Quotes) If we were magically shrunk and put into someone’s brain while she was thinking, we would see all the pumps, pistons, gears and levers working away and we would be able to describe the workings completely, in mechanical terms, thereby completely describing the thought processes of the brain. But that description would not contain any mention of thought! It would contain nothing but descriptions of pumps, pistons, levers! (Descriptions Quotes) The challenge of abating one with a genuine ego problem is to not try to put him down. Any and all antagonization, in his mind, is merely compensated for by his own descriptions: his feelings of persecution by the envious and his ideals of worth. Arguably, the genuine ego is more of a circumstantial defense mechanism rather than a steady arrogance in need of starvation (Descriptions Quotes) Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people (Descriptions Quotes) Studying the universe engages us in something bigger than ourselves. Science tries to describe, in terms we can only grasp intuitively, things that are beyond our intuition.... all we can hope for is that our physical descriptions, like a song or a good painting, are a faithful evocation of some ineffable truth (Descriptions Quotes) One who is caught in thought loses one’s original nature. All he knows are words and descriptions. When he sees the actual thing, he fails to perceive it (Descriptions Quotes) How can love be worthy of its name if one selects solely the pretty things and leaves out the hardships? It is easy to enjoy the good and dislike the bad. Anybody can do that. The real challenge is to love the good and the bad together, not because you need to take the rough with the smooth but because you need to go beyond such descriptions and accept love in its entirety (Descriptions Quotes) If, while observing the boundless universe, the writer is able to scrutinise his own self as well as others, the resulting incisiveness of his observations will far surpass objective descriptions of reality (Descriptions Quotes) One of the things that frequently gets lost in descriptions of depression is that the depressed person often knows that it is a ludicrous condition to feel so disabled by the ordinary business of quotidian life (Descriptions Quotes) The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force (Descriptions Quotes) The fundamental principle in the analysis of propositions containing descriptions is this: Every proposition which we can understand must be composed wholly of constituents with which we are acquainted (Descriptions Quotes) When you consider how many millions of workdays begin with hangovers great and small, it is mildly surprising to find how few real descriptions of the experience our literature can boast (Descriptions Quotes) I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go to see it and examine it closely (Descriptions Quotes) Sometimes words need music too. Sometimes the descriptions are not enough. Books should be written with soundtracks, like films (Descriptions Quotes) I don’t wanta hear all your word descriptions of words words words you made up all winter, man I wanta be enlightened by actions (Descriptions Quotes)

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