#aches

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon the fixed point of his commitment, which is to say the closer he approaches what in life we call fanaticism. ↗

— Arthur Miller

#call #closer #commitment #concentration #emotion

I always do the contrary of what my coaches tell me. ↗

— Bode Miller

#coaches #contrary #i #i always #me

I went through a period at boarding school when my coaches wanted me to switch to snowboarding because they thought I was no good at skiing. I was too skinny. I had terrible technique. They were saying I should be a snowboarder, and luckily, I resisted. ↗

— Bode Miller

#boarding #boarding school #coaches #good #had

I've often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state's rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida does not want drilling to negatively affect its beaches and shores. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#argued #beaches #clear #does #drilling

On the day, therefore, when I went to the church to be confirmed, with a number of others, I suffered extremely from the reproaches of my conscience. ↗

— Maria Monk

#confirmed #conscience #day #extremely #i

I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

#artist #character #choosing #costumes #film

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#music #poetry #specificity #teaches #us

What we bring to the table is not only our 56 field offices in the United States and our number of resident agencies, but also we have 45 legal attaches overseas. ↗

— Robert Mueller

#also #attaches #bring #field #legal

Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#bar #because #end #halfway #just

Exponential growth in access to the Internet, satellite television and radio, cell phones, and P.D.A.'s means that breaking news now reaches virtually every corner of the globe. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#breaking #cell #cell phones #corner #every