#akin

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I'm getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I'm just trying not to get into that sort of state again. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#am #any #as far as #boat #closely

I feel I would love to close down for a number of years in some way and just be in the country making pork pies and chutneys and never have to poke my head out of the parapet. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#country #down #feel #head #i

In this context, the current recovery in the Japanese economy is taking place in tandem with the growing interdependence with the rest of the world, particularly with the other East Asian economies. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#context #current #east #east asian #economies

The aging and decreasing population is a serious problem in many developed countries today. In Japan's case, these demographic changes are taking place at a more rapid pace than any other country has ever experienced. ↗

— Toshihiko Fukui

#any #case #changes #countries #country

I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up. ↗

— Joss Stone

#gap #i #lined #off #still

I fear the boredom that comes with not learning and not taking chances. ↗

— Robert Fulghum

#chances #comes #fear #i #learning

I've always thought anyone can make money. Making a life worth living, that's the real test. ↗

— Robert Fulghum

#anyone #i #life #living #make

Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them. ↗

— Dennis Gabor

#making #music #plucking #them

So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#everybody #genre #hates #making #more

Paul has more, I think, of a feel for the stage. Whereas I have it more for the notes themselves. I love record making and mixing, arranging, producing. That I love. I love to make beautiful things, but I don't like to perform. ↗

— Art Garfunkel

#beautiful #beautiful things #feel #i #i love