#irs

Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

#answer #chain #circumstances #complicated #find

I think movies do play a valuable role in turning people on to the act of reading. I think that phenomenon just creates readers. At first they're going to love 'Harry Potter,' or they may love 'The Hunger Games,' but after that, they're going to love the act of reading and wonder, 'What else can I read?' ↗

— Gary Ross

#after #creates #else #first #games

My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country. ↗

— Minnie Pearl

#around #country #elvis #first #flew

As to the first, I do not know that I have done very much myself to promote fraternity between nations but I do know that there can be no more important purpose for any man's activity or interests. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#any #between #done #first #fraternity

I did a play I think my first six months on the show, called Bullpen. Then I got involved with Theater Forty and did this play called Plastic which is about two male models coming to a casting call. ↗

— Austin Peck

#bullpen #call #called #casting #coming

Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn't until the second act. ↗

— Simon Pegg

#also #because #film #first #get

The first duty of love is to listen. ↗

— Paul Tillich

#first #listen #love #love is

Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#breaking #ceiling #first #important #marble

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel. ↗

— William Penn

#force #forgives #gains #laurel #love

When I was handed a hammer, my first project was building a three-story tree house. ↗