#des

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

The word 'funny' is a bit like the word 'love' - we don't have enough words to describe the many varieties. ↗

— George Saunders

#describe #enough #funny #like #love

There's a really nice moment in the life of a piece of writing where the writer starts to get a feeling of it outgrowing him - or he starts to see it having a life of its own that doesn't have anything to do with his ego or his desire to 'be a good writer.' ↗

— George Saunders

#desire #ego #feeling #get #good

There were a lot of areas we didn't cover that I'm hoping to cover if we do some specials. One is to see more of Patsy's home and her home life, which is just the saddest thing. ↗

— Jennifer Saunders

#cover #her #home #home life #hoping

Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man. But where's that going to get 'em? Besides divorce court? ↗

— Dan Savage

#court #divorce #dream #get #go

My dad was a homicide cop in the gay neighborhood in the city when gay neighborhoods were desperate, depressing, sad places run by the mob. The only gay people he'd met when I came out to him were corpses. ↗

— Dan Savage

#city #cop #corpses #dad #depressing

Be able to describe anything visual, such as a street scene, in words that convey your meaning. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#anything #convey #describe #meaning #scene

The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#grow #latest #news #old #television

Final Destination was the closest thing I've done to a teen movie but it certainly had an edge to it. ↗

— Devon Sawa

#closest #closest thing #destination #done #edge

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination. ↗

— Diane Sawyer

#destination #follow #genuinely #guide #passionate