#dead

I discovered in writing the biography of Bill Clinton that it is actually easier to write a biography of someone who is dead. Although you can't interview them, you have a fuller perspective on their whole life after they're gone and people are more willing to talk about them. ↗

— David Maraniss

#actually #after #although #bill #bill clinton

It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths. ↗

— Greil Marcus

#dead #dead end #end #intrigued #longer

It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice. ↗

— Colleen McCullough

#character #dead #every #give #inexperienced

Being with an insanely jealous person is like being in the room with a dead mammoth. ↗

— Mike Nichols

#dead #insanely #jealous #like #mammoth

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make. ↗

— William Morris

#dead #future #helping #living #make

Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer. ↗

— Viggo Mortensen

#better #deadline #exercise #feel #get

The only difference between a dead skunk lying in the road and a dead lawyer lying in the road is that there are skid marks around the skunk. ↗

— Patrick Murray

#between #dead #difference #lawyer #lying

Who has suffered? The families of the dead, no doubt. But a greater loss was inflicted on Pakistan because, as I said, we lost the pillars of our society. ↗

— Pervez Musharraf

#dead #doubt #families #greater #i

This season is a lot funnier, not as dark, mainly because, well, she has accepted the fact that she is dead. She knows she cannot go back to where she was when she was alive. ↗

— Ellen Muth

#alive #back #because #cannot #dark

No wonder Sherlock Holmes did all that coke. Math is hard. ↗

— Richard Kadrey

#sandman-slim #math