#ay

I've always been very upfront about the way I write, and I've always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration. ↗

— David Sedaris

#always #been #exaggeration #humorists #i

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down. ↗

— Mary Pickford

#any #call #choose #down #failure

It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around. ↗

— Mary Pickford

#been #grown #had #instead #logical

There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be. ↗

— Charles Pierce

#desire #even #find #intelligent #may

As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it because we're too afraid to really examine the system, or is it because we really truly believe that this is the best way to deter future crime? ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#american #because #believe #best #best way

I haven't accomplished everything that I want to yet in my career, that's why I'm still playing. I just know that I still have something left inside of me to accomplish, and I don't know exactly what that is. Hopefully, I'll know one day soon. ↗

— Mary Pierce

#accomplished #career #day #everything #exactly

I probably visualize myself, the shots I'm going to get in the game, how I'm going to play defense, what we have to do to stop the other team's best player, what it's going to take out of me, the whole aspect of the game. ↗

— Paul Pierce

#best #defense #game #get #going

A lot of players know I've been around 13 years and this is my second lockout. I got a lot of respect. I know what's going on both for the league and the union. ↗

— Paul Pierce

#been #both #going #got #i

What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#being #being done #beset #consciences #done

In New York, I much prefer playing older because as characters get older, they get more interesting. ↗

— Danny Pintauro

#characters #get #i #interesting #more