#are

The Petersons have not come forward in the press. Apparently they feel the media bears a large responsibility for Scott's conviction. It may be a while before we hear anything from them. ↗

— Catherine Crier

#apparently #bears #before #come #conviction

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#father #me #mother #protected #threatened

When (The World According To) Garp was published, people who’d lost children wrote to me. ‘’I lost one, too,’’ they told me. I confessed to them that I hadn’t lost any children. I’m just a father with a good imagination. In my imagination, I lose my children every day. (afterword) ↗

— John Irving

#imagination #parenthood #death

Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#hearer #journey #laugh #misfortunes #nothing

Cars and cameras are the two things I let myself be materialistic about. I don't care about other stuff. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#cameras #care #cars #i #materialistic

The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their physical. ↗

— George Crook

#before #go #great #indians #looking

Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically. ↗

— Phil Crosby

#dramatically #ever #failing #few #get

I had a head start in acting. Because of my parents, I had a SAG card, an agent and a recognizable name. But I knew if I screwed up, people would never forget. I'd be dead. ↗

— Mary Crosby

#agent #because #card #dead #forget

I had a really nice childhood; I had great parents. I earned my allowance by washing dishes, and in the summer I earned my allowance by working in daddy's garden. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#childhood #daddy #dishes #earned #garden

I was born in the Midwest, where 'salad' was cherry Jell-O with bananas in it. Now children are more aware of healthy foods. ↗

— Candy Crowley

#bananas #born #cherry #children #foods