#absolutely

The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader. ↗

— Ben Okri

#absolutely #absolutely not #best #reader #us

I do sometimes strongly hope that in a past life, my most recent life before this, I was absolutely horrible, evil, hideous. Because otherwise - well, hell, to even things up next time around, I'm going to have to pay for this one, am I not? ↗

— Vanessa Paradis

#am #around #because #before #even

You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#absolutely #adult #been #brilliant #dinner

Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death. ↗

— Floyd Patterson

#been #death #fear #i #necessary

I had always turned it down-to me, smoking pot was absolutely the worst thing in the world. I thought of it as an addiction, and all my friends who smoked it, I felt they really needed help. ↗

— Tommy Rettig

#addiction #always #felt #friends #had

I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people. In the beginning he was just dismissed out of hand, which was terrible. ↗

— Anne Rice

#beginning #dismissed #hand #i #in the beginning

We cannot collect enough taxes to catch up with spending. Do I know a solution? Not really. Do your politicians know a solution? Does our commander-in-chief offer a solution? Absolutely not. ↗

— Rick Santelli

#absolutely not #cannot #catch #collect #commander-in-chief

Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life. ↗

— Matthew McConaughey

#absolutely not #commitment #fact #having #i

Eurobonds are absolutely wrong. In order to bring about common interest rates, you need similar competitiveness levels, similar budget situations. You don't get them by collectivizing debts. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#absolutely #bring #budget #common #competitiveness

I never minded being thought of as a pop star. People have always thought I wanted to be seen as a serious musician, but I didn't, I just wanted people to know that I was absolutely serious about pop music. ↗

— George Michael

#absolutely #always #being #i #just