#anne

There was no singles problem until singles got so single-minded that they stopped wasting time with anyone ineligible. Before that, it was understood that one of society's main tasks was matchmaking. People with lifelong friendships and ties to local nonprofessional organizations did not have to fear that isolation would accompany retirement, old age, or losing a spouse. Overburdened householders could count on the assistance not only of their own extended families, but of the American tradition of neighborliness. ↗

— Judith Martin

#community #family #miss-manners #relationships #age

I think it was that we were really seasoned musicians. We had serious roots that spanned different cultures, obviously the blues. ↗

— Jimmy Page

#cultures #different #different cultures #had #i

Well, you know, any defense force worth its salt has to be able to deal with uncertainty, has to be able to deal with events that we may not have planned for. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#any #deal #defense #events #force

Every year, I have to spend another hour working out. Pretty soon I'll be spending eight hours working out just to fit in the costume. I have the feeling that the minute I stop doing the character, boom, Roseanne Barr. ↗

— Cassandra Peterson

#boom #character #costume #doing #eight

Innovations never happen as planned. ↗

— Gifford Pinchot

#innovations #never #planned

This programme would only really make sense and work properly if it was also broadcast on France's international television channel TV5. So I ended up with a double production, on France 2 and TV5. ↗

— Bernard Pivot

#broadcast #channel #double #ended #france

They planned this fair to bring business to Chicago, into the Loop. But you could have fired a cannon down state street and hit nobody, because everybody was out at the fair. ↗

— Sally Rand

#bring #business #cannon #chicago #could

Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other. ↗

— Irving Ravetch

#i #i always #interpreted #law #lean

I don't want to have to say, Honey, you know, could you turn off the sports channel because I'm not a big sports fan, and I don't love the television being on just for the sake of turning on. I'd like turning on for some thing specific. ↗

— Lynn Redgrave

#being #big #channel #could #fan

It looked like a pagan banner planted on a Christian rampart. ↗

— Douglas Reed

#christian #like #looked #pagan #planted