#ene

How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#cherry #child #found #happened #how

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#difference #fool #generally #greatest #happiest

I have yet to have a successful outcome of sitting in a room with someone and trying to write a song. The way that I generally co-write is that someone else writes the music or part of the music. ↗

— Shawn Colvin

#generally #i #music #outcome #part

Italian cameramen grow up immersed in an awareness of light. It is part of their mythology. ↗

— Barbara Steele

#grow #grow up #immersed #italian #light

Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose supporters have never threatened to bolt. ↗

— Roscoe Conkling

#bureaus #candidate #committees #effort #favor

What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because they think they know him, but they always seem willing to give somebody new a chance. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#because #chance #character #comfortable #generally

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#enemy #good #good art #hall #more

When push comes to shove, I’m going to figure out that this door needs to be pulled to be opened. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#door #figure #figure-out #funny #humor

Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You didn't have a real partisan issue on those times that it was used. ↗

— Kent Conrad

#bush tax cuts #cuts #democratic #democrats #half

The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist recruiters build their numbers across the globe. ↗

— John Conyers

#across #american #american troops #build #casey