#gettin

I tell you, the difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about different disasters, or reducing the anxiety by getting up and doing something about it, at whatever level. ↗

— Ted Danson

#anxiety #being #between #difference #different

The black market was a way of getting around government controls. It was a way of enabling the free market to work. It was a way of opening up, enabling people. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#black #controls #enabling #free #free market

Getting close to books, and spending time by myself, I was obliged to think about things I would never have thought about if I was busy romping around with a brother and sister. ↗

— Shelby Foote

#around #books #brother #brother and sister #busy

I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#am #because #better #fewer #getting

I suddenly realized that the fellow who didn't show up was getting about fifty-times more money than I was getting. So I thought, 'this is silly,' and became an actor. I certainly never thought I'd wind up in motion pictures. That was far beyond anything I'd ever dreamed of. ↗

— Glenn Ford

#actor #anything #became #beyond #certainly

You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#after #black #book #getting #getting old

The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover. ↗

— Al Franken

#biases #bigger #conservative #cover #doing

I think that most people who write about music just want to fill some paper. They're not really interested in getting to the heart of something. Otherwise, they wouldn't write what they write. ↗

— Tim Gane

#fill #getting #heart #i #i think

The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#another #because #course #experience #getting

Most consequential choices involve shades of gray, and some fog is often useful in getting things done. ↗

— Timothy Geithner

#done #fog #getting #gray #involve