#away

When I'm deciding to read a book, I never open to the first chapter, because that's been revised and worked over 88 times. I'll just turn to the middle of the book, to the middle of a chapter, and just read a random page and I'll know right away whether this is the real deal or not. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#because #been #book #chapter #deal

What you don't want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team. ↗

— Tom Hicks

#away #better #build #hang #his

I remember when my father passed away, we drove the funeral procession past the bank so he could say one last goodbye. That's how much the bank meant to my father. ↗

— Alexi Giannoulias

#bank #could #drove #father #funeral

I have to take time occasionally to get away from the pressures of this business. If I don't, I think I would get stale, and that would show in my music. ↗

— Andy Gibb

#business #get #i #i think #music

This time all the historical details and things were right. But I'd written it again in third person, and people found it dry. I decided to throw that one away. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#away #decided #details #dry #found

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#awe-inspiring #clearly #far #far away #friend

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#before #bow #children #cry #does

It's being willing to walk away that gives you strength and power - if you're willing to accept the consequences of doing what you want to do. ↗

— Whoopi Goldberg

#away #being #consequences #doing #gives

Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#away #cannot #like #ourselves #really

Never give up; for even rivers someday wash dams away. ↗