#ding

I've had the odd good luck of starting slowly and building gradually, something few writers are allowed anymore. As a result I've seen each of my books called the breakthrough. And each was, in its way. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#anymore #books #breakthrough #building #called

A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag. ↗

— David Letterman

#before #consider #demanding #evidence #example

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself. ↗

— Oscar Levant

#find #given #i #mind #myself

In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade and bring this category of spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was president. ↗

— Jacob Lew

#bring #budget #call #category #decade

The freest societies are in a constant state of revolution. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#harmony #peaceful #secure #understanding #unity

We must carefully consider card security solutions, such as adding photographs or machine-readable electronic strips, so to prevent further breaches of individual privacy that could result from changes to the design of Social Security Cards. ↗

— Ron Lewis

#breaches #card #cards #carefully #changes

I'm looking forward to providing the men of Seattle with an evening where they can kick back, light up a cigar and enjoy a night to themselves. Women, we can't technically keep you out, but please stay at home. ↗

— Tom Leykis

#cigar #enjoy #evening #forward #home

I went looking for dresses and realized there was a niche I could fill in the wedding dress market. ↗

— Monique Lhuillier

#dress #dresses #fill #i #looking

The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#funding #gallery #government #happen #may

Still in my coat and hat, I sank onto the stair to read the letter. (I never read without making sure I am in a secure position. I have been like this ever since the age of seven when, sitting on a high wall and reading The Water Babies, I was so seduced by the descriptions of underwater life that I unconsciously relaxed my muscles. Instead of being held buoyant by the water that so vividly surrounded me in my mind, I plummeted to the ground and knocked myself out. I can still feel the scar under my fringe now. Reading can be dangerous.) ↗

— Diane Setterfield

#age