#early

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#beat #begins #fails #finish #first

This might be one way to start talking about differences between the early postmodern writers of the fifties and sixties and their contemporary descendants. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#between #contemporary #descendants #differences #early

We also own a little boat and I'm like a kid with it. I take off early in the morning, fishing rod in tow, and just drift about the ocean all day. ↗

— Perry Como

#all day #also #boat #day #drift

I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#comedies #early #exposure #father #had

But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and cup of tea before the craziness begins. Other times, I'll take a quick walk on the beach. You can find peace in a few minutes. ↗

— Cindy Crawford

#before #begins #craziness #cup #early

It was hard enough to drive those heavy old cars back then under normal circumstances, but with a crazed monkey clawing you at the same time, it becomes nearly impossible! ↗

— Tim Flock

#becomes #cars #circumstances #crazed #drive

I'm reading a book about Romaine Brooks, a wonderful painter from early in the last century. ↗

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#book #brooks #century #early #i

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#create #everything #head #heart #i

Nearly all of these Chinese girls that have had success have had coaching from foreign coaches. ↗

— Michael Chang

#coaches #coaching #foreign #had #nearly

What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made, a kind and candid consideration. And you have now expressed the conclusion to which you have arrived, clearly and distinctly. ↗

— Salmon P. Chase

#been #candid #clearly #conclusion #consideration