#la

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#living #make #mom #point #point of view

Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images. ↗

— James Merrill

#could #fascinating #fit #hope #i

Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of this language in the poem. ↗

— James Merrill

#elements #find #forbidding #greek #helped

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh. ↗

— Paul Merton

#i #laugh #like #making #old

I always thought I wanted to play professionally, and I always knew that to do that I'd have to make a lot of sacrifices. I made sacrifices by leaving Argentina, leaving my family to start a new life. I changed my friends, my people. Everything. But everything I did, I did for football, to achieve my dream. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#always #argentina #changed #did #dream

Money is not a motivating factor. Money doesn't thrill me or make me play better because there are benefits to being wealthy. I'm just happy with a ball at my feet. My motivation comes from playing the game I love. If I wasn't paid to be a professional footballer I would willingly play for nothing. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#because #being #benefits #better #comes

Nah, I've always had a great relationship with my two brothers, I have always had their support in my football and in everything. They've been very close to me and we have a great relationship. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#been #brothers #close #everything #football

We will not take Arsenal lightly for one minute, as they showed in the two matches against us last season that they can be dangerous opponents if we lose our concentration for a moment. ↗

— Lionel Messi

#arsenal #concentration #dangerous #last #last season

I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year. ↗

— Mark Messier

#conditioning #effort #i #just #keep

Today, Labour has a disruptive economic narrative - that Britain needs fundamental change in its market structure and culture to compete in the modern world. ↗

— David Miliband

#change #compete #culture #disruptive #economic