#ark

I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and understanding of humanity, but always ready to annotate its little foibles. I think I'd lay my cards down on that, and say that it's that that I'm trying to do. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#always #cards #certain #down #humane

When the script was written, it was sent to me with asterisks marking where he felt a song would be appropriate. Before the film was shot, the score was written. I made a demo of it, so they lived with the music as they were making the film. ↗

— Alan Price

#asterisks #before #demo #felt #film

Beginning with the stimulus, Obama has repeatedly inserted the government into the free market for political reasons - and with disastrous results. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#disastrous #free #free market #government #inserted

Governor Romney has a record of tremendous accomplishments. But he never asks for accolades. He just asks, 'How can I help?' That's the mark of a true leader: A humble focus on getting the job done. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#accomplishments #asks #done #focus #getting

There's a dark side to everything. ↗

— Prince

#dark side #everything #side

And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say. ↗

— Matthew Prior

#most #remarkable #say #talk #tis

Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#forest #genealogical #particular #soul #species

He took a long draw then asked, “What’d I do?” “You knew about the guy threatening my dad?” He paused, shifted in his chair, so freaking busted, it wasn’t funny. “They told you?” “Why, no, Swopes, they didn’t. Instead, they waited until the guy knocked the fuck out of my dad and readied him for spaceflight with duct tape then tried to kill me with a butcher’s knife. ↗

— Darynda Jones

#funny

I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#education #everything #foolish #i #interest

I really do want to just be able to sit in the corner of the pub with my friends... to just be an actor and still go to the supermarket and not get bothered. ↗

— James Purefoy

#actor #bothered #corner #friends #get