#che

Largely this is a class thing - writers tend to be cosseted little middle-class kiddies who think that the world owes them a royalty cheque. But just doing it - being in your room for years on end, locked in your head, alone with invented ghosts - it weakens and softens the body. And I know I can't just live in my head. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#being #body #cheque #class #doing

We have drained common sense out of our politics. The more we focus on tactics and games, the more good people check out and give up. ↗

— Deval Patrick

#common #common sense #drained #focus #games

We can’t be lovers because we both have mustaches. But since you’re a lady, and I’m a gentleman, I’ll shave mine off. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #gentleman #humor #love #lovers

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy. ↗

— Ron Paul

#country #democracy #founders #liberty #our

I'm very sensitive about being held up as some sort of example. I don't consider myself any sort of role model at all. I have great advantages over many other working women, and my schedule allows me more time with my kids than many working women have. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#advantages #allows #any #being #consider

There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches. ↗

— Hesketh Pearson

#except #rich #riches #stronger #than

It had all seemed as inevitable as sunset. Instead it was the beauty of the sun glinting upon the scythe. ↗

— Suzanne Finnamore

#divorce #infidelity #marriage #relationships #seperation

As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press. ↗

— Mike Pence

#believes #check #conservative #free #government

Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally. ↗

— Alexander Payne

#american cinema #become #cesspool #change #cinema

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched. ↗

— Norman Vincent Peale

#bow #break #keep #soon #stretched