#eight

Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel. ↗

— Vita Sackville-West

#begin #beset #choice #his #least

At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#height #hounded #mccarthy #period #were

I have had the good fortune to experience both the limelight and the traffic light as a musician. I did my first recording on my own and it was available at concerts. The second to seventh were released on small and then large labels. My eighth to 14th were done under my own steam once again, but with the benefit of the Internet. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#available #benefit #both #concerts #did

We fear our passage will be attended with difficulties by reason of the great number of passingers which are one hundred and eighty and upwards in number. ↗

— Nathaniel Smith

#difficulties #eighty #fear #great #great number

My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving. ↗

— Ozzie Smith

#game #getting #good #just #matter

You can't drink on an eight hour flight, pass out, and then go onstage... well you can, but then you're Spandau Ballet. ↗

— Robert Smith

#drink #eight #flight #go #hour

The dollar went up some eighty percent in real terms as I recall now or something like that - from '80 to '85. ↗

— Robert C. Solomon

#eighty #i #like #now #percent

I want to get back to my fighting weight of 98 pounds. I have the exact measurements of that guy from the movie, Powder. Right now, I am the reigning West Coast Powder. ↗

— David Spade

#back #coast #exact #fighting #get

It was as simple as this: The Kennedys had a feeling of being heightened and it rubbed off on the people who came in contact with them. They were a unit. ↗

— Charles Spalding

#came #contact #feeling #had #heightened

I lift weights and I run, that's what I do. ↗

— Tyson Gay

#i do #lift #run #weights