#it

To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#eat #food #good #incomprehensible #kind

The genesis of my interest in being a writer can be traced to fourth grade when we listened to a radio production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and I asked the teacher if I could rewrite it for our class to present. Nothing like going head-to-head with the Bard, right? I can still visualise the pages I filled creating this first "great" literary endeavor. Encouraged by teachers (and one doting grandmother), I went on to write reams of yearbook copy in high school and college and, then, to teach high school English. My "real" writing career didn't begin until I turned from education to the full-time pursuit of storytelling. ↗

— Laura Abbot

#education

I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got, you know, famous, all these haters came out of nowhere. ↗

— Dane Cook

#amazing #amazing time #away #blast #came

I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always really been into toasters. I'm giving it all up. ↗

— Dane Cook

#appliance #been #business #giving #going

But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of seniority and tenure. I think we have to address entitlements and the president has done that in his budget. I think we have to extend Medicare and the president has done that. But also reinvest in that program. ↗

— Antonio Villaraigosa

#also #budget #democrats #done #entitlements

When I first hit the scene, it was just a lot of go, go, go, go, go. I have a lot of natural energy anyway, but it was over the top. ↗

— Dane Cook

#energy #first #go #hit #i

Josie needed more of a personality than what the cartoon had to offer. ↗

— Rachael Leigh Cook

#had #josie #more #needed #offer

Today more people believe in UFOs than believe that Social Security will take care of their retirement. ↗

— Scott Cook

#care #more #more people #people #retirement

If you really have talent, you know, you'll go on writing - whatever people say to you. ↗

— Christopher Isherwood

#education

Apple has a culture of excellence that is, I think, so unique and so special. I'm not going to witness or permit the change of it. ↗

— Tim Cook

#change #culture #excellence #going #i