#about

I talked about my family, my family's so important. ↗

— Jim Valvano

#family #i #important #talked

The bill then says if the Senate does not act, then H.R. 1 (the House-passed bill that cuts $61 billion) will be the law of the land. In addition to that, it says that if all else fails, and the Senate brings about a shutdown, then members should not get their pay. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#act #addition #bill #billion #brings

I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now? ↗

— Jim Capaldi

#asleep #finished #half #head #i

I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true. ↗

— Truman Capote

#anybody #care #i #long #me

It's like the code of living by yourself. People who are single know what I'm talking about. You eat standing up, reading the paper. Or you say to yourself, this isn't even cutting it, I'm taking a TV dinner and I'm getting in bed here. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#bed #code #cutting #dinner #eat

Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#angry #bob #bob dylan #british #certainly

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#alone #author #away #being #enough

If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do. ↗

— Jackie Collins

#achieve #best #best way #doing #dreams

There's a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There's a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music's sake. ↗

— Bill Conti

#aesthetic #composers #higher #i #illusions

What is important for kids to learn is that no matter how much money they have, earn, win, or inherit, they need to know how to spend it, how to save it, and how to give it to others in need. This is what handling money is about, and this is why we give kids an allowance. ↗

— Barbara Coloroso

#allowance #earn #give #handling #how