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ifs-and perfect what-if
It is too easy to say 'what if' and paint a picture of a perfect world. Darren Shan
ifs-and limits enjoyment
What are the "ifs" and "buts" that limit my enjoyment of life? John Powell
ifs-and consciousness states
fundamentally an organism has conscious mental states if and only if there is something that it is like to be that organism--something it is like for the organism. Thomas Nagel
ifs-and two what-if
Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or so; but it's more a cry than a question.) Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if "X" happened? That's how you start. Tom Clancy
ifs-and leader progress
Leaders are fascinated by future. You are a leader if and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress and deeply dissatisfied with status quo. Because in your head, you can see a better future. The friction between 'what is' and 'what could be' burns you, stirs you up, propels you. This is leadership. Marcus Buckingham
ifs-and narrative dictatorship
You exist if and only if you are free to do things without a visible objective, with no justification and, above all, outside the dictatorship of someone else's narrative. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
ifs-and taste rich
You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
narrative
I'm not a new-agey person, but narrative is ancient and wise and generous. Jim Crace
narrative objects
Objects let you tell a narrative that encompasses everybody. Texts don't. Neil MacGregor
narrative conveying objects
Objects are better than text at conveying narrative
narrative tropes audience
I have a great amount of respect for the audience. They know narrative construct. They know all the tropes. Paul Scheuring
narrative attention entering
What other species now require of us is our attention. Otherwise, we are entering a narrative of disappearing intelligences. Terry Tempest Williams
narrative metaphor myth
Every myth is psychologically symbolic. Its narratives and images are to be read, therefore, not literally, but as metaphors. Joseph Campbell
narratives
A lot of the drive to make narratives came from having to play by myself as a 5- or 6-year-old in the woods. Matthew Tobin Anderson
narrative
I have a narrative, but you will be put to it to find it. Djuna Barnes
narrative allies honest
I'm not interested in collage as the refuge of the composition-ally disabled. I'm interested in collage as (to be honest) an evolution beyond narrative. David Shields