#ck

That was clearly surprising, interesting - a very interesting milestone was when you can pick up a magazine and read an article about some sort of computer related thing and they mention the word internet without explaining it. ↗

— Jon Postel

#article #clearly #computer #explaining #interesting

My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all the skills. I left early because I did my first movie and discovered that I really loved the minimalistic work with the camera. ↗

— Franka Potente

#acting school #always #background #because #camera

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#because #become #experience #human #human experience

There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly present in the early work. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#certainly #diminish #early #early work #foreground

How do you come back? It's one step at a time. I'm optimistic because I don't know what else to be. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#because #come #else #how #i

Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#bank #check #depends #drawn #general

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. ↗

— Colin Powell

#backyard #challenge #even #own #pros

I have a tendency to kick it up. I like to rattle the cage. ↗

— Lisa Marie Presley

#i #kick #like #rattle #tendency

I have a very silly sense of humor. I've never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#entire #entire life #harder #humor #i

I talk to a lot of librarians, and there's always a steady drumbeat of how libraries are places of community. But a lot of them have also recently - and just in the nick of time - refurbished, because during this economic downturn, people have a tendency to borrow instead of buy. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#always #because #borrow #buy #community