#had

I had a strong desire to write and some free time. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

#free #free time #had #i #some

With the draft, everybody was involved. Everybody was fodder. When you got to be 21, 22 and graduated from college, for two years your life stopped. If you had been running in the direction of your life, you had to stop and do this other thing which was, if not menacing, just plain boring. ↗

— Philip Roth

#boring #college #direction #draft #everybody

You may be right that people say: 'You know what, we had Obama. He was inexperienced. The guy had great rhetoric, sounded good, looked good, but has turned out to be an utter disaster. I want someone where I have confidence and credibility that they're up to the job and that I can trust what they tell me.' ↗

— Karl Rove

#credibility #disaster #good #great #guy

Somehow, I had the feeling that I was responsible for Harry being dead. I remembered all the times that I wished he were dead, all the times I had dreamed of killing him. I got to thinking that maybe my wishing had finally killed him. ↗

— Arnold Rothstein

#dead #dreamed #feeling #finally #got

I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

#asia #because #bonding #boxed #different

I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

#aspirations #because #film #had #high

I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way. ↗

— Karl Rove

#back #before #campaigns #clients #consulting

My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat. ↗

— Clifton Fadiman

#had #i #main #order #recollection

Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and editors were more forgiving of public people. They didn't think they had to stick someone in jail to make a career. ↗

— Mike Royko

#career #different #editors #era #forgiving

I think the big thing I've had going for me in that regard has been the success of the league. I don't have quite as much control over things as people believe, so I frequently receive more credit than I deserve, and occasionally more criticism as well. ↗

— Pete Rozelle

#believe #big #big thing #control #credit