#ear

Years ago I was a runway model, and I used to get laughs. I thought it was a joke anyway. ↗

— Nora Dunn

#anyway #get #i #joke #laughs

I wanted all my visits to be official. When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president. I found out years later that it did. ↗

— Louis Freeh

#back #did #found #had #i

It wasn't until after private lessons and learning bass lines that I even noticed bass in the music I was listening to at that age. My ears were blown wide open. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#age #bass #blown #ears #even

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#cause #earth #enterprise #grand #grand thing

Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace. ↗

— Irene Dunne

#go #hound #i #i can #me

The way I see it, the difference between farmers and suburbanites is the difference in the way we feel about dirt. To them, the earth is something to be respected and preserved, but dirt gets no respect. A farmer likes dirt. Suburbanites like to get rid of it. Dirt is the working layer of earth, and dealing with dirt is as much a part of farm life as dealing with manure. Neither is user-friendly but both are necessary. ↗

— E.L. Konigsburg

#earth #life

I feel as though I've proved myself these last five years that I can be one of the top players in the league. ↗

— Kevin Durant

#five #i #i can #i feel #last

The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can't help it - can't help trying to interest her nearest and dearest not in happiness itself but in the search for it. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

#creates #dearest #happiness #help #her

The gift of willingness is the only thing that stands between the quiet desperation of a disingenuous life and the actualization of unexpressed potential. ↗

— Jim McDonald

#fear #inner-peace #personal-growth #self-awareness #life

When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near. ↗

— Will Durant

#dictatorship #liberty #license #near