#bet

We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#cannot #deeply #enough #enough people #familiar

I'm busy working on every aspect of my game - defense, shooting, rebounding - but I really want to become a better overall team player. Help my teammates become better players out on the court in order to win more ball games. ↗

— Kevin Durant

#ball #ball games #become #better #busy

Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana. ↗

— Charles Durning

#banana #because #better #blame #carry

I'm content. I want to have better success in the tournaments than I've had, but I know I'm playing well, so I'm happy with that. ↗

— David Duval

#content #had #happy #i #know

When I'm swinging well, nobody hits the golf ball any better than I do. ↗

— David Duval

#ball #better #golf #golf ball #hits

But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#behavior #between #challenge #character #director

There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#difference #disaster #failure #fiasco #mythic

You think he's going to like you better, but then one day you look in the mirror and realize you've changed yourself - physically and emotionally - into a woman who's totally different from the one he was attracted to the first place. ↗

— Shelley Duvall

#better #changed #day #different #emotionally

If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets - not to have a fair fight. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#affordable housing #believe #better #bring #build

I don't know why you should be proud of something. It doesn't make you any better or worse. You are what you are. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#better #i #know #make #proud