#ass

The world embarrasses me, and I cannot dream that this watch exists and has no watchmaker. ↗

— Voltaire

#dream #embarrasses #exists #i #me

My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#australian #commitment #desire #love #movement

Crimes of Passion, which is one of the best films I've done, will live strongly in my resume, even though it didn't do well. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#crimes #done #even #films #i

I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt at that had been cynical and messed up. I gave it a go again. Find one lost sheep. The angels rejoice. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#college #cynicism #dating #faith #glass-girl

I'm self-made. I always wanted to make myself a better person, because I was not educated. But that was my dream - to have class. ↗

— Tina Turner

#because #better #better person #class #dream

The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots. ↗

— Scott Turow

#being #books #could #credit #had

Rural Americans want leaders who help middle-class communities to plan and prosper over the long-term - not opportunists who reap the rewards for themselves, leaving nothing for the people who do the sowing. ↗

— Tom Vilsack

#for the people #help #leaders #leaving #long-term

My schedule has slowed a little. I've cut back on some of my assignments. But I still have the enthusiasm for the sports world that I had 38 years ago. ↗

— Lesley Visser

#assignments #back #cut #enthusiasm #had

I am more of a solo bass player and he needed somebody who would keep the role. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#bass #bass player #i #i am #keep

I did extensive, extensive recordings and made a classical CD-ROM set, which is still on the market. For ten years, it was by itself as the cream of the crop of samples. ↗

— Miroslav Vitous

#classical #cream #crop #did #extensive