#close

The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind does. What it does is become discontent with that-which-is. A desire arises, you satisfy that desire, and another arises in its place. ↗

— George Saunders

#arises #asking #become #close #constantly

Men would find it much harder because men have such odd personal relationships with each other. They don't really emotionally connect, whereas women do. I think women become very close. ↗

— Jennifer Saunders

#become #close #connect #each #emotionally

When you're young and queer and closeted, you can end up in this place where you regard your straight peers as the enemy. ↗

— Dan Savage

#end #enemy #peers #place #queer

Have you ever noticed that when you must struggle to hear something, you close your eyes? ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#ever #eyes #hear #must #noticed

No one should be surprised when Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda detonate a weapon of mass destruction in the United States. I don't believe in inevitability. But I think it's pretty close to being inevitable. ↗

— Michael Scheuer

#being #believe #bin #close #destruction

Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King's faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night. ↗

— Adam Schiff

#beautiful #closer #dr #dream #each

And now when we hear that Iran and Iraq plan to cooperate more closely and that a fundamentalist is coming to power in Tehran - a man about whom we cannot be sure that he is absolutely averse to terrorism - it is very worrisome. ↗

— Otto Schily

#absolutely #averse #cannot #closely #coming

Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#closets #costume #day #drawers #dress

Here's a thing about the death of your mother, or anyone else you love: You can't anticipate how you'll feel afterward. People will tell you; a few may be close to right, none exactly right. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#anticipate #anyone #close #death #else

And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers come from those backgrounds, so does much of the fiction. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

#apply #backgrounds #close #come #course