#boo

I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

#always #books #designer #fashion #i

We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do a little boogie woogie. The big bands. ↗

— Jay McShann

#ballroom #bands #big #big bands #boogie

Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#booker #great #i #i think #immune

Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. I'm interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#around #because #being #books #both

It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people that the war in Iraq was seen as the major issue in American-Arab relations. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#did #ego #egypt #find #first

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it. ↗

— Herman Melville

#choose #enduring #ever #flea #great

I'm very comfortable with myself and my sexuality, but it doesn't define me. I also read books believe it or not. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#believe #books #comfortable #define #i

I like my men to be manly, as you'll see from my books. ↗

— Louise Mensch

#i #like #manly #men #see

I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#always #boost #coin #competitiveness #europe

If I feel in need of sleep, I just open a book or turn on the television. Both are better than any sleeping pill. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#better #book #both #feel #i