#cian

They went around the room telling stories about how they'd gotten here. No two were exactly the same, but there was always a certain family resemblance. Somebody went looking for a lost ball in an alley, or a stray goat in a drainage ditch, or fallowed an inexplicable extra cable in the high school computer room which led to a server closet that had never been there before. ↗

— Lev Grossman

#family

Shit, there goes our chance at winning.” Pey laughed. “A cocky quarterback that’s in love with himself. We’ll be lucky if you don’t stop every two seconds to check yourself out. ↗

— Priya Kanaparti

#love

Don't fall in love. It'll fuck you up. ↗

— Jayy Von Monroe

#musician #love

I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons. ↗

— Mike Dirnt

#humor #musician #humor

I've probably been spit on more that any person alive outside of, I would say, a member of the prison system. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#music #musician #life

Here is an old tradition badly in need of return: You have to earn your way into politics. You should go have a life, build a string of accomplishments, then enter public service.... ↗

— Peggy Noonan

#life

Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests. ↗

— Jeffrey Wright

#bluegrass #blues #classical #creative #i

I once saw a politician walking a dog, and I thought, “How absurd—an animal walking an animal.” Then I thought, “If given the choice, I’d rather vote for the dog.”
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— Jarod Kintz

#animal #choice #dog #pet #politicians

Be yourself. Don't take anyone's shit and never let them get you alive. ↗

— Gerard Way

#musician #inspirational

When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to the one the beat groups got from people like my dad. ↗

— Trevor Horn

#been #dad #electronic #electronic music #got