Any kind of creative activity is likely to be stressful. The more anxiety, the more you feel that you are headed in the right direction. Easiness, relaxation, comfort - these are not conditions that usually accompany serious work.
Joyce Carol Oates
Related Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY I took a couple of creative writing classes with Joyce Carol Oates at Princeton University, and in m... MOHSIN HAMID And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different... CRAIG GROESCHEL You learn to train the mind to stay more focused. We?re not always present. We?re usually thinking a... LAURIE SABOURIN Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT These are very desperate conditions that we're in now. These are the wrong conditions for the use of... GARY YOUNG Beauty is the light within. Only when you see the light within yourself will others see it in you. F. JOHNSON I think that more and more you're going to see people of good will on their side of the aisle sa... DAVID AXELROD If I give you the right conditions to work, and I put you in a beautiful place, where you feel a lit... BRUNELLO CUCINELLI Growth is usually uncomfortable. If you're looking for comfort, you will more than likely feel t... DEBBIE FORD All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get ... FRANCES O'GRADY The more you feel anger, the less likely you are to put your best effort into the job and the less l... DONALD GIBSON Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT Living in your comfort zone can even be more stressful than pursuing your dream. So why are you accu... OSCAR BIMPONG We believe investors are justifiably growing increasingly concerned that production disruptions due ... JOSEPH AMATURO The key thing here is recognizing that we still have a huge problem. While we are headed in the righ... JANICE NOLEN When you think of all that goes into what you write you realize that only you see all that is needed... BRENT M. JONES Speed is inconsequential if you are headed in the wrong direction. MATSHONA DHLIWAYO When your footsteps and thoughts carry you down the same path your heart and soul are directing you,... MOLLY FRIEDENFELD We played hard but were not patient enough offensively. We feel like the program is headed in the ri... JARED CARDILLO It's not who you are, but what you're made of. It's not where you come from, but where you're going ... CAREW PAPRITZ What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA In life the only things that you see are things that you are projecting, and life presents you with ... OSHO 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON If you do not change the direction in which you are going, you will end up where you are headed. CONFUCIUS Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS Fear and anxiety many times indicates that we are moving in a positive direction, out of the safe co... CHARLES F. GLASSMAN If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed. CHINESE PROVERB If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are
headed. CHINESE PROVERB Life is a canvas it starts off plain and simple to become your own masterpiece.Gary F Evans... GARY F EVANS... If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... This opening shows that we are headed in the right direction. This is a testament to the hard work o... HUSSEIN JABOR Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More se... HENRY SPENCER Most people believe that the longer you let these things go, the more likely you are to have somethi... JACQUES ROUSSEAU We will not have any penalties. We knew that we would have three programs that were close and that w... CARY GROTH I don't teach literature from my perspective as 'Joyce Carol Oates.' I try to teach fict... JOYCE CAROL OATES You are more effective when you confront. SUNDAY ADELAJA It is often said that having gone through any kind of suffering tends to makes you appreciate life m... JULIAN BAGGINI You are different from everyone in the crowd, that's why you are you SOTONYE ANGA If someone can't accept the way you are, you probably are spending time with the wrong person. VIKTORIJA GRUMBLYTė Most of the people that arrive by ambulance are older and they have more serious medical conditions. CATHARINE BURT I write for those who desire, not publication at any cost, but publication one can be proud of--seri... JOHN GARDNER The more power you give your child in any discipline process, the more likely he will be to be able ... HILARY FLOWER Women are clear-headed, they are more creative and for this reason, sometimes, also more fragile. EMMA BONINO I enjoy these kind of games, personally, although they come with more anxiety and they are more nerv... BILL BAKAMUS Sometimes when you're given hurdles, it makes you more creative in the end. JUDY GREER The less gear you use, the more you grow as a photographer. Although there are fewer options availab... MARIUS VIETH What comes first, the compass or the clock? Before one can truly manage time (the clock), it is impo... SOURCE UNKNOWN Clearly, this shows that the more practice you have, the more prepared you are if it happens and the... HENRY FORD If your credit report shows that you had six or more inquiries in the last 12 months that you trigge... CRAIG WATTS You assume that females are more likely to give, males more likely to receive. We were surprised tha... JENNIFER MANLOVE These days, you have the option of staying home, blogging in your underwear, and not having your wor... MARC ANDREESSEN You are not in any way aware that you are already victorious, that life has happened to you. You are... OSHO You are not a bad person because you are gay. You are you because you are you and you were meant to ... TEGAN QUIN If you are headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns. UNKNOWN When a man takes one step toward God, God takes more steps toward that man than there are sands in t... THE WORK OF THE CHARIOT It is possible to live happily in the here and now. So many conditions of happiness are available—... THICH NHAT HANH Studies show that if people think that they are treated fairly by the police, that matters almost mo... ERIC HOLDER Virtuoso? Are you serious? What kind of code name is that? Who's assigning code names these days? Th... ELIZABETH BEVARLY I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER When you are serious about selling a company you approach likely buyers in a non-public manner. The ... ERIC SCHMIDT In the immigration studies, we find that anxiety-driven trust has a partisan dimension. Democrats an... BETHANY ALBERTSON Women are more likely to have sex and fall in love, which can be tough because that's not the wa... RACHEL PERRY There's a first moment among many each season when you know you've found your rhythm. We're not ther... TONY GUERRA The truth is that there is no actual stress or anxiety in the world; it's your thoughts that cre... WAYNE DYER Only a blind man can easily define what light is. When you do not know, you are bold. Ignorance is a... OSHO Many creative people are finding that creativity doesn't grow in abundance, it grows from scarci... JORGEN VIG KNUDSTORP We're not where we wanted to be but we're still headed in the right direction. DAVID KENNEBREW want to be more "right" than the person next to you? this is me pointing you in the right direction.... STEVE BULLOCK Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, a... ZIG ZIGLAR Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. DAVID HUME Soaps are great. You learn to work very fast - some say superficially, but that's not really tru... CHARLES SHAUGHNESSY It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are availabl... THICH NHAT HANH You never know where the limit will be. These are sacred places and really shouldn't be opened to th... ERIC ANTEBI Don't waste your tremendous voice writing messages in the sand. LORIN MORGAN-RICHARDS Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable y... GRETCHEN RUBIN Ideas are like fragrances. If you work with more than one it's very likely that you won't fully unde... OCTAV DRUTA Success is not about where you are right now, but where you are headed. DAN WALDSCHMIDT If you stay in comfort zone, you've decided that you don't want to grow any more. ARVIND MEHTA If you turn a blind eye to fare evasion, if you accustom people to getting away with minor crime, yo... BORIS JOHNSON There are so many rules in Judaism, and if you get into them and you get obsessed and you have the k... MATISYAHU We hear a lot about high anxiety today, but I'm not sure we live in a more stressful world. Life has... DR. CECIL WILSON You often hear people say 'Luck is self made.' I think it is, to a certain extent; if you wo... GREG LAKE Yeah, right," Minho said. "And Frypan's gonna start having little babies, Winston'll get rid of his ... JAMES DASHNER You are more likely to act yourself into feelings, than feel yourself into action. JEROME BRUNER You are more likely to act yourself into feelings, than feel yourself into action. DR. JEROME BRUNNER People with financial plans are much more likely to feel prepared, even in tumultuous times. They... JEAN CHATZKY We know the direction we're headed in isn't working, and I think you wouldn't all be here if you did... ALEX GRAZIANI I had forgotten that God, or the world, or whatever carves the rules in stone, doesn't give you time... TANA FRENCH Unfortunately, you are far more likely to be harmed or die prematurely as a direct result of modern ... STEVEN MAGEE I'm not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and ar... ROLAND JOFFE To be the best is a choice you make on your own SOTONYE ANGA Teenage girls these days are more and more getting lured into thinking they should dumb themselves d... DANICA MCKELLAR I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself.... CRISS JAMI Never get to the point where you cannot see anything good about yourself SOTONYE ANGA There's enough data showing that the fitter you are, the better you eat, the more likely you are... ANNE WOJCICKI When people are in the presence of these relics, you feel different, mentally and physically, even i... ALLAN BOWMAN The problems we are having right now getting any kind of ambition in the market access area is an in... BOB STALLMAN If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b)... NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB
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JOHN OATES My guitar playing is a synthesis of traditional American acoustic style and Urban Pop and R&B. JOHN OATES I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton J... JOHN OATES Sometimes, it's just great to bring new people into the mix. JOHN OATES A good mustache makes a man for many reasons. JOHN OATES There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, a... JOHN OATES If anyone looks back to the '70s, '80s with nostalgic rosy colored glasses and goes, 'We... JOHN OATES Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage st... JOHN OATES I have such a wide variety of tastes in things that I like musically. JOHN OATES The mustache represented the old John; I didn't want to be that guy anymore, so I shaved it off.... JOHN OATES I realized if I'm not really making an album, I don't have to be concerned about things like... JOHN OATES He would be overjoyed. To see the outpouring of love from the fans, the former players and the Range... GLORIA OATES This is just a very strong testimony to the life Johnny lead. GLORIA OATES It's absolutely awesome the turnout that we've had here. Friends from as far back as high school and... GLORIA OATES I am just going outside and may be some time. CAPTAIN LAWRENCE OATES This was a one-on-one encounter between an officer and a violent felon. And there's no question that... CHIEF DANIEL OATES It's so easy to settle for less than God's best for us because we don't always feel like... JOYCE MEYER Yes, God does expect us to live holy, consecrated lives. But not even the best of our intentions can... JOYCE MEYER As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if... JOYCE BROTHERS There is such a thing as bad publicity. JOYCE BROTHERS I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know abo... JOYCE BROTHERS I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped... JOYCE BROTHERS The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie ... JOYCE BROTHERS Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty ... JOYCE BROTHERS Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The han... JOYCE BROTHERS