#gettin

I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#drake #folk #folk singer #getting #gorgeous

One of the things I had a hard time getting used to when I came to California in '78 was Santa Claus in shorts. ↗

— Dennis Franz

#came #claus #getting #had #hard

Geisha because when I was living in Japan, I met a fellow whose mother was a geisha, and I thought that was kind of fascinating and ended up reading about the subject just about the same time I was getting interested in writing fiction. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#because #ended #fascinating #fellow #fiction

I have wanted to be a fine artist painter, and I reached the point in art schools were I'd like to understand more about images and how images communicate information to people. And I was not getting very far in that from my professors. ↗

— John Hench

#art #artist #communicate #far #fine

However, don't let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started. ↗

— Marilu Henner

#excuse #getting #getting started #however #never

I think that between the egos of the actors and the wrestlers in this country we are taking away from the truly dedicated and informed people who should be getting their voice heard. ↗

— Dwayne Hickman

#between #country #dedicated #egos #getting

Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve. ↗

— Tom Landry

#getting #leadership #someone #want

I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back from what I just wrote and start a dialectical process where I begin challenging my own writing. ↗

— Donald McKay

#begin #challenging #dialectical #down #fast

That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#common good #country #depends #diverse #duty

I like gettin' old. ↗

— Patti Smith

#i #like #old