#eight

The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain the whole passionate rage that lurks somewhere in every native of the island. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#contain #death #eighty #every #grief

Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#borrow #hard #i #later #light

You are - all your experience just kind of accumulates, and the novel takes a richness of its own simply because it has the weight of all those years that one's put into it. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#experience #into #just #kind #novel

I was not good in school. I could never read very fast or very well. I got tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia. Then I got put on Ritalin and Dexedrine. I took those starting in the eighth grade. As soon as they pumped that drug into me, it would focus me right in. ↗

— Channing Tatum

#disabilities #dyslexia #eighth #eighth grade #fast

I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight. ↗

— Jackson Browne

#eight #i #playing #started #trumpet

Russia has gone through eight years of continuing economic pain. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#economic #eight #gone #pain #russia

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#chicago #decided #eight #fireman #go

For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#every #glamour #hard #hard work #hours

There are eight girls in the house in which I am living, and practically all of them are good looking. You can realize that I am kept busy. ↗

— Franz Schubert

#busy #eight #good #good looking #house

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room. ↗

— Junior Seau

#during #gain #just #locker #locker room