#age

The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role. ↗

My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes. ↗

— Bram Cohen

#any #anything #back #basic #classes

More teenagers go to movies or rent a tape of a movie than sit down and watch sitcoms on television. ↗

— Mindy Cohn

#go #more #movie #movies #rent

English is a beautiful language, a remarkably precise language with a million words to choose from to deliver your exact shade of meaning. ↗

— Laura Fraser

#beauty

There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical hat I use to think... I use to feel when I walked out of my apartment on the way to school or anywhere that I was walking out on stage. ↗

— Dabney Coleman

#anywhere #apartment #city #feel #hat

I reached my full height at age 11, and I was clumsy as all get-out - all elbows and knees, couldn't get up a flight of stairs without falling down. I wanted to be a cute, petite blonde, but I'm a big ol' strapping thing, so I just accept it. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#age #big #blonde #clumsy #cute

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#early #early stages #insomnia #oasis #refuge

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#feel #think #those #tragedy #world

Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. ↗

— Toni Collette

#also #different #different things #getting #having

In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time. ↗