#close

And what unity is to be had, at a time when orchestras are dying out, and when opera houses are about to close their doors; what's going to come next - when nothing new in music, for the orchestra, is truly lasting: pieces are performed once, and then they're thrown away. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#away #close #come #doors #dying

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#bad news #being #close #delivering #fail

I love what I do, but more so, I'm glad to have people who care about me close by. ↗

— Kim Smith

#care #close #glad #i #i do

Every year the State will be the dog that chases its own tail... engaging in a futile attempt to close a perpetual budget gap. ↗

— Richard J. Codey

#budget #chases #close #dog #engaging

It's not easy to part with the trophies. However, I do need to have some long-term financial security for those close to me. ↗

— Bjorn Borg

#easy #financial #financial security #however #i

Bishops are like umpires. You have to have them to call the close decisions. ↗

— Frank Butler

#call #close #decisions #like #them

Fantasy should be as close as possible to journalism. ↗

— Dino Buzzati

#fantasy #journalism #possible #should

Life is just more comfortable if you're honest and open about everything. I spent so many years being in the closet about one thing or another. ↗

— Antony Sher

#another #being #closet #comfortable #everything

Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#been #close #done #ever #everything

There’s something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds you how big the world really is, and how far apart we all are. The stars look like they’re so close, you could reach out and touch them. But you can’t. Sometimes things look a lot closer than they are. ↗

— Kami Garcia

#beautiful-creatures #beautiful-darkness #closeness #distance #far