#la

I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#even #i #know #later #me

The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#almost #being #books #case #coincidence

I discovered the Clash, the Pistols, obviously the Ramones, Blondie. ↗

— Jerry Only

#clash #discovered #i #obviously #pistols

It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that. ↗

— Jerry Only

#care #how #make #many #money

The Misfits pretty much funds the Misfits. It used to cost me money to be in the band. I think we got paid the last gig we ever did. After that, we had to work to support our families. ↗

— Jerry Only

#band #cost #did #ever #families

We got dragged through a system and got burned by crooked lawyers, and the list goes on and on. ↗

— Jerry Only

#crooked #dragged #goes #got #lawyers

It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#colored #happened #might #painted #painting

Music is like my security blanket. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#like #music #security

Things explain each other, not themselves. ↗

— George Oppen

#explain #other #themselves #things

It must not be forgotten in fairness to the National Government that apartheid is not just a policy of oppression but an attempt - in my opinion an attempt doomed to failure - to find an alternative to a policy of racial integration which is fair to both white and black. ↗

— Harry Oppenheimer

#apartheid #attempt #black #both #doomed