#ed

The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed to our house over in Wales. It was a great comfort. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#always #bed #bristol #channel #comfort

The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#his #needs #out #walks #wants

Herman Melville was as separated from a civilized literature as the lost Atlantis was said to have been from the great peoples of the earth. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#civilized #earth #great #herman #literature

We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#die #else #live #precious #shared

I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one. ↗

— Bao Dai

#country #emperor #enslaved #i #independent

Competitiveness is really what it costs you per man-hour to get you what you want. In other words, there's an education level that plays into the mix and so if it's inexpensive to buy an hour of real good education in places like China versus the U.S., that factors in. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#china #competitiveness #costs #education #factors

I almost had to have my leg amputated because of an infection. ↗

— Dick Dale

#amputated #because #had #i #infection

I became stereotyped. ↗

— Dick Dale

#i #stereotyped

I'm constantly being influenced by the soul that's directly in front of me. ↗

— Dick Dale

#constantly #directly #front #i #influenced

My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut. ↗

— Dick Dale

#armstrong #direct #ear #gave #gut