#heir

It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace. ↗

— Anna Akhmatova

#dead #happy #only #peace #smiled

I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But I felt that was missing the point of using me, a musician. ↗

— Damon Albarn

#approached #felt #get #go #i

A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way. ↗

— Fisher Ames

#conceals #democracy #desolation #destruction #eruption

There is a phenomenal amount of pressure on women in this industry: they are considered vintage by the time they hit their mid-30s. ↗

— Tori Amos

#by the time #considered #hit #industry #phenomenal

We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South. ↗

— Roald Amundsen

#always #first #gratitude #ice #increased

I know when I started I would have been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tex or whoever. You want to sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that's how you learn your chops. ↗

— Jon Anderson

#beatles #been #chops #happy #how

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#artists #attracted #capabilities #i #i think

When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset. ↗

— Loni Anderson

#because #hard #issue #mindset #quit

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. ↗

— Diane Arbus

#aristocrats #born #dreading #experience #freaks

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped. ↗

— Marcel Achard

#ear #find #give #i #i do