#five

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#cole porter #enough #first #five #george

And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five. ↗

— James Merrill

#astonishing #become #external #five #his

My school days were the happiest days of my life; which should give you some indication of the misery I've endured over the past twenty-five years. ↗

— Paul Merton

#endured #give #happiest #i #indication

People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#become #fan #five #jazz #long

Becoming a vampire is forever. You don't get to change your mind about it later. For me, I think that's one of the big drawbacks with anything that's permanent. How do you know how you're going to feel in five years or 10 years? Even with a tattoo. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#anything #becoming #big #change #do you know

I had the easiest publishing experience in the entire world. I sent out fifteen courier letters to agents, got five no replies, nine rejections and one I want to see it. A month later I had an agent. Another month later I had a three book deal with Little Brown. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#agents #another #book #brown #deal

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week. ↗

— Bette Midler

#book #country #five #haul #horse

The biggest opportunity in 2013 is in Africa. It has seven out of the ten fastest-growing economies in the world. In Nigeria alone there are 100 million people with mobile phones. In total, 300 million Africans - five times the population of Britain - are in the middle class. ↗

— David Miliband

#alone #biggest #britain #class #economies

The first time I rode a bike I was four or five. I crashed into the back of a car. ↗

— David Millar

#bike #car #crashed #first #first time

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again. ↗

— George Miller

#days #eating #five #food #hungry