{"quotes":[{"text":"The instruction here is not for every kind of writer - not for the writer of nurse books or thrillers or porno or the cheaper sort of sci-fi - though it is true that what holds for the most serious kind of fiction will generally hold for junk fiction as well. (Not everyone is capable of writing junk fiction: It requires an authentic junk mind. Most creative-writing teachers have had the experience of occasionally helping to produce, by accident, a pornographer. The most elegant techniques in the world, filtered through a junk mind, become elegant junk techniques.).","author":"John Gardner","tags":["books","craft","craftsmanship","fiction","genre-fiction","how-to-write","how-to-write-fiction","instruction","low-brow","pulp","pulp-fiction","technique","writing"],"id":26695,"author_id":"John+Gardner"},{"text":"My usual instruction to students when they are preparing to write their examinations is 'think before you answer the questions'. I am convinced that some multiple choice answers could be so close that you might not know the very one that answers the question correctly! Such is life. To choose your suitable dreams, you must think well!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["answer","answer-questions","choice","choose","close","commandment","convince","convinced","dreams","exam","examination","exams","food-for-thought","graduates","instruction","israelmore-ayivor","life","life-lessons","look-before-you-leap","make-a-choice","mentality","multiple","multiple-choice","positive-thinking","prepare","preparing","question-paper","regulations","rules","similar","students","think","think-well","thinkers","thinking","thought","words","write"],"id":36675,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Would it not therefore be wiser in moral concerns to acquiesce in the judgement of common reason, or at most only to call in philosophy for the purpose of rendering the system of morals more complete and intelligible, and its rules more convenient for use (especially for disputation), but not so as to draw off the common understanding from its happy simplicity, or to bring it by means of philosophy into a new path of inquiry and instruction?","author":"Immanuel Kant","tags":["circumlocution","instruction","teaching"],"id":37477,"author_id":"Immanuel+Kant"},{"text":"If you want people to to think, give them intent, not instruction.","author":"L. David Marquet","tags":["instruction","intent","leadership","thinking"],"id":56830,"author_id":"L.+David+Marquet"},{"text":"It is a dangerous position to be in when you can't see, can't hear and won't listen...","author":"Stella Payton","tags":["caution","danger","guide","harm","instruction","listen","place","position","warning"],"id":64110,"author_id":"Stella+Payton"},{"text":"Bill Bryson's is a synthesizing intellect, capable of translating myriad data into a digestible narrative – rare currency in an increasingly atomized society.","author":"Allen Guy Wilcox","tags":["communication","education","instruction","wisdom","writing"],"id":73960,"author_id":"Allen+Guy+Wilcox"},{"text":"Anger is very deadly. It leads to intolerance and this causes depression.I have discovered people who are temperamental need help so they can overcome such challenges.Running away from challenges doesn't help but confronting the challenges.In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. If you must learn how to control your anger, you must practice it by being around those who usually provoke you the most.How you respond to their provocation should be rated by you on different occasions, you compare your latest reaction with your past, assess them and think of better ways to improve next time.Overcoming anger and intolerance is very difficult, but it is possible...It is just a gradual process but change is assured.Taking advice is easy but following the instructions is difficult but with time, if one is ready to overcome anger, it will be a thing of the past.Don't give up on yourself!","author":"OMOSOHWOFA CASEY","tags":["advice","anger","depression","frustration","hope","instruction","life","mockers","perseverance","tolerance"],"id":77143,"author_id":"OMOSOHWOFA+CASEY"},{"text":"The parent is the child's guide. This shepherding process helps a child to understand himself and the world in which he lives. The parent shepherds a child to assess himself and his responses. He shepherds the child to understand not just the 'what' of the child's actions, but also the 'why.' As the shepherd, you want to help your child understand himself as a creature made by and for God. You cannot show him these things merely by instruction; you must lead him on a path of discovery. You must shepherd his thoughts, helping him to learn discernment and wisdom.","author":"Tedd Tripp","tags":["children","discernment","discipline","discovery","instruction","parent","shepherding","thoughts","wisdom"],"id":79293,"author_id":"Tedd+Tripp"},{"text":"We all have individually special kingdoms of success in each of us. Obedience is the throne of those kingdoms without which the real person we are is sure to suffer eviction.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["eviction","food-for-thought","god","individual","instruction","israelmore-ayivor","king","kingdom","law","obedience","obedient","obey","obey-the-law","special","success","suffer","talents","throne"],"id":105224,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"The Bible is an ocean of instruction and wisdom. Dip daily into the vast pool to discover its truths.","author":"Elizabeth George","tags":["bible","christian","daily","discover","god","instruction","ocean","pool","sea","truths","vast","wisdom"],"id":152923,"author_id":"Elizabeth+George"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":23,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}