#gen

I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a poisoned gene from him, a vocation without a gift. ↗

— Mavis Gallant

#began #done #dream #father #fear

What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness. ↗

— George Eliot

#intelligence #wisdom #intelligence

If I'm such a legend, then why am I so lonely? Let me tell you, legends are all very well if you've got somebody around who loves you. ↗

— Judy Garland

#around #got #i #legend #legends

God likes to make people. Great people out of common people, strong people out of week people, famous people out of the unknown people, good people are bad people. God likes to make people. That's an obsession with God, one from which He will never change. ↗

— Don Baker

#regeneration #change

What generally happens in this county is that our politicians don't serve us well because they don't tell the truth, and they don't keep their promises. ↗

— Peter Garrett

#county #generally #happens #keep #our

All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war, if required. ↗

— Thomas S. Gates, Jr.

#deterrent #employed #forces #general #limited

Comparisons are really no good in sport, especially if it is a comparison between different eras and generations, for there are so many variables that come into play, starting from the quality of the opposition to playing conditions. ↗

— Sunil Gavaskar

#come #comparison #comparisons #conditions #different

Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance. ↗

— Boy George

#gentle #him #like #penetrates #person

The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard. ↗

— David Gerrold

#lifeguard #pool #problem

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. ↗

— Ira Gershwin

#called #deep #initiation #into #may