#ear

As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their audience. ↗

— Sylvia Day

#books #disheartening #distributed #enough #find

Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities. ↗

— Sam Dash

#because #could #difficult #fired #getting

I had always owned them to be the Word of God... the careful reading of the Acts afforded me a practical picture of the early church; which made me feel deeply the contrast with its actual present state; though still, as ever beloved by God. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#actual #afforded #always #beloved #careful

Everybody thinks I'm at death's door, but I'm not. There's nothing seriously wrong with me, and my heart is in 100 percent working order. Anything else you may hear is a damn lie! ↗

— Bobby Darin

#damn #death #door #else #everybody

The cries of the sufferers on the remaining part of the wreck were heard during the night. ↗

— Grace Darling

#during #heard #night #part #remaining

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it. ↗

— Dimebag Darrell

#come #different #different things #find #hear

Once, when a government agent arrived at her home with a ream of paper that documented the case against her, she asked if that law was more powerful than natural law. He told her that, yes, it was a powerful law, the law of the federal government. Then, she said, it should be more powerful that this, and she threw it into her woodstove. ↗

— Alan S. Kesselheim

#law #native-american-wisdom #age

Believe half of what you see and only some of what you hear, unless you hear it from me. ↗

— Chris Daughtry

#half #hear #me #only #see

What we want is to make something that fills utterly the sight and can't be used to make life only bearable. ↗

— Sam Francis

#fills #life #make #only #sight

Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights. ↗

— Hal David

#everyone #gone #graceful #haven #how