Our evolutionary psychology preconditions us not to respond to threats which can be postponed until later.
Make a technical contribution; innovate, don't emulate.
I think to give something a chance, to really get to know somebody, you want to do it out of the public eye.
To Jacob the act of critiquing art was essentially imprecise. That's why he didn't read reviews on anything he liked, be it a book, a movie, or a record. He believed that any work an artist puts forth which contains the truth as he or she sees it is worthy of consideration, and any commentary of the work beyond that is nothing more than pure individual opinion and should not be considered relevant to the work itself.
I think women are really vicious in the work place, they're really jealous, really competitive. Women are emotional, they cry in toilets. The sisterhood only extends as far as the kitchen door. Men talk in logic and rational terms, they don't squark and make a noise.
With that, he looked over his shoulder. Blay's breath shot out of his lungs. "Oh. . . my God," he whispered.