#ate

I was so busy fighting and so busy trying to keep everything above water that I didn't realize I was spiraling downward with nowhere to go. ↗

— Lorraine Bracco

#busy #downward #everything #fighting #go

You know," she said, stirring her tea, "the fastest way to get him off your back is to sleep with him. And tell him you love him. Preferably while in bed." I smirked and the tea almost came out of my nose. "He'd run like he was on fire. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#curran #ilona-andrews #kate #kate-daniels #magic-burns

We celebrate the Bill Gateses of the world. We're not mad at Bill Gates. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#bill gates #celebrate #gates #mad #world

I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I'd put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band. Today you don't have to do that, because catchers' mitts are more like first baseman's gloves. ↗

— Bob Uecker

#band #baseman #because #bucket #couple

When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#during #graduated #had #high #high school

We were discussing civilization and the fact that young men among the Greeks at that time were idiots and uneducated, so the men had emotional and friendly relationships with members of their own sex. ↗

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

#civilization #discussing #emotional #fact #friendly

In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced. ↗

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

#always #convenience #deliberately #devices #did

For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don't even know that they're leaders. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#even #four #hate #i #kinds

Four years ago, I felt the importance of the Olympics and how it is different from other events. It's a completely different atmosphere. The main advice I can give my teammates is to try to enjoy the experience. ↗

— Kohei Uchimura

#ago #atmosphere #completely #different #enjoy

My uncle was a hero, Lewis Roundtree. He was not even related to me really, but he was always called my uncle. He was like a father to me. I was closer to him than I was my father. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#called #closer #even #father #hero