#ge

Story, as I understood it by reading Faulkner, Hardy, Cather, and Hemingway, was a powerful and clarifying human invention. The language alone, as I discovered it in Gerard Manley Hopkins and Faulkner, was exquisitely beautiful, also weirdly and mysteriously evocative. ↗

— Barry Lopez

#story #beauty

There's not as much oxygen in that hot gym and I think it's great for conditioning. I believe in a lot of boxing. You can train and work on the speed bag and heavy bag, but when you get in the ring with another fighter, it's a different story. Punches are coming at you, there's physical contact, muscle against muscle. ↗

— Emanuel Steward

#another #bag #believe #boxing #coming

But, when I had this feeling and started painting sacred art, as I had this feeling to do, then it come to me: my problem is I'll get a lot of criticism and another problem is my work's not good enough to sell. ↗

— Howard Finster

#art #come #criticism #enough #feeling

I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#downturn #i #managed #packard #technology

Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#arena #california #economy #federal #get

I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world. ↗

— Joely Fisher

#horse #i #into #just #like

I was a guy who needed to go to class, because I had some raw talent that I thought was identifiable, when I finally made a decision to be an actor. And yet I wanted to learn how to really do the stuff. You know, 'How do I get to be a serious actor?' ↗

— Jon Voight

#because #class #decision #finally #get

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#did #dissolution #economy #i #intention

After graduating from college I worked at a variety of jobs, from banking to politics. I enjoyed whatever I was doing at the time but I didn't love my work. ↗

— Joe Flanigan

#banking #college #doing #enjoyed #graduating

I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#classic #happy #i #image #more