#gr

I do tend to look back to my parents generation and think wow! what a great way to be, to live with one person for a lifetime, to bring your kids up in these really solid families. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#bring #families #generation #great #great way

The most convincing argument against early parenthood is that you are in a relationship that is likely to fall apart before that child grows up. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#apart #argument #before #child #convincing

The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#biggest #ever #i #program #seen

The thing to remember about Phuket is it's very beach-oriented and relaxed. The trendiest beach is Koh Sirey, which is full of groovy places to have a cocktail and watch the sun go down. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#beach #cocktail #down #full #go

My grandpa was a preacher. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#preacher

I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#am #capable #i #i am #i can

I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#early life #electricity #even #food #grow

By the early '70s I had gotten reasonable and I started to get in hundreds of groups that rehearsed and never played at all. I mean, the most important thing was to look good and have a great name. ↗

— Andy Partridge

#get #good #gotten #great #groups

The early gigs were pretty panicky - and great, sweaty fun. We were brand new to most people, and they were willing to take anything brand new, for the first time in years. ↗

— Andy Partridge

#brand #brand new #early #first #first time

You know, I was such a big Beatles fan, and when I'd buy a new album I'd invariably hate it the first time I heard it 'cause it was a mixture of absolute joy and absolute frustration. I couldn't grasp what they'd done, and I'd hate myself for that. ↗

— Andy Partridge

#album #beatles #big #buy #cause