{"quotes":[{"text":"If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.","author":"Sue Monk Kidd","tags":["diplomacy","empowerment","life","relationships","subtlety"],"id":24569,"author_id":"Sue+Monk+Kidd"},{"text":"It was easy to conclude: The night was young and alive, in its ever so subtle way.","author":"Lauren Lola","tags":["alive","night","subtlety"],"id":36462,"author_id":"Lauren+Lola"},{"text":"He said that it was very difficult to become an astronaut. I said that I knew. You had to become an officer in the air force and you had to take lots of orders and be prepared to kill other human beings, and I couldn't take orders. Also I didn't have 20/20 vision, which you needed to be a pilot.","author":"Mark Haddon","tags":["humorous","subtlety"],"id":37786,"author_id":"Mark+Haddon"},{"text":"Bring it down.' Veteran leader Han Solo's correction to the overbearing swagger bike which his protégé is attempting to force his will on others.","author":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens","tags":["influence","leadership","maturation","self-confidence","subtlety","timing"],"id":54476,"author_id":"Star+Wars%3A+The+Force+Awakens"},{"text":"You have a nicety of awareness of the difference between a blade's edge and its tip.","author":"Frank Herbert","tags":["anger","leadership","motivation","patience","subtlety"],"id":85223,"author_id":"Frank+Herbert"},{"text":"Atmosphere, not action, is the great desideratum of weird fiction. Indeed, all that a wonder story can ever be is a vivid picture of a certain type of human mood. The moment it tries to be anything else it becomes cheap, puerile, and unconvincing. Prime emphasis should be given to subtle suggestion - imperceptible hints and touches of selective associative detail which express shadings of mood and build up a vague illusion of the strange reality of the unreal. Avoid bald catalogues of incredible happenings which can have no substance or meaning apart from a sustaining cloud of colour and symbolism.","author":"H.P. Lovecraft","tags":["advice","fiction","subtlety","weird-fiction"],"id":104375,"author_id":"H.P.+Lovecraft"},{"text":"That image of a chessboard — an epic contest between two giant players, carefully nudging their pieces around the globe as part of a grand strategy — has indeed become a familiar metaphor for the Cold War. But it is misleading. Many decisions remembered today for their farsighted, tactical brilliance were denounced in their day as weak-willed. And big, public gestures often made less difference than the small, hidden ones.","author":"Sam Tanenhaus","tags":["compromise","leadership","strategy","subtlety"],"id":111345,"author_id":"Sam+Tanenhaus"},{"text":"Bookish people, who are often maladroit people, persist in thinking they can master any subtlety so long as it's been shaped into acceptable expository prose.","author":"Carol Shields","tags":["bibliophiles","books","readers","reading","subtlety"],"id":161402,"author_id":"Carol+Shields"},{"text":"He had no desire to grandstand for his country or himself.","author":"John Taliaferro","tags":["humility","missions","partisanship","subtlety"],"id":172478,"author_id":"John+Taliaferro"},{"text":"One of the presidential campaigns unveiled more of an infrastructure in place for the next contest than was previously thought to be present, with a spokesperson saying that one of the campaign's strengths is that it does not make an effort to draw attention to with every asset.","author":"New York Times The","tags":["humility","restraint","self-discipline","subtlety"],"id":176454,"author_id":"New+York+Times+The"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}