#did

I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#character #confusion #deal #did #fictional

It is evidently necessary to generate and test candidates for solutions in some systematic manner. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

#evidently #generate #manner #necessary #solutions

Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#did #education #elevation #emancipation #father

If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#done #ever #get #intelligent #never

I went to national piano competitions and did that whole circuit. Then I played professionally to support myself when I moved out to LA. ↗

— Alicia Witt

#competitions #did #i #la #moved

I started the class late. The teacher said I would have to learn as much in half a year that the others learned in a year. I did it. ↗

— Katarina Witt

#did #half #i #late #learn

I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed I suppose. ↗

— P. G. Wodehouse

#did #five #i #just #know

In 2008, Barack Obama did get Democrats hyperventilating, whipped up to a creamy froth, while John McCain creaked ahead like a cranky granddad whom Republicans let move to the front of the buffet line, deferring to seniority, as they had in 1996, when Bob Dole turtled to the top of the ticket. ↗

— James Wolcott

#barack #barack obama #bob #buffet #cranky

Many questions torment America in its dark night of the soul, questions more urgently pressing, and yet it must be asked: How did we get stuck with Piers Morgan? Who is he, why is he here, is he returnable? ↗

— James Wolcott

#asked #dark #did #get #here

The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops. ↗

— James Wolcott

#alike #bunny #candidate #consultant #crowd