#ld

If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed. ↗

— Luther Burbank

#attention #children #had #jungle #living

Early British pop was helped tremendously by the writing of Bob Dylan who had proved you could write about political and quite controversial subjects. Certainly what we did followed on from what was happening with the angry young men in the theatre. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#angry #bob #bob dylan #british #certainly

'Survivor' wouldn't have happened had I not gone out there and helped CBS to sell sponsors to finance the first one. Part of my thinking on 'Survivor' was that it should have rewards that are corporate brands. A Big Mac, one thimble-full of Coca-Cola. ↗

— Mark Burnett

#big mac #brands #cbs #coca-cola #corporate

I knew early on after the first couple episodes were fully scored and animated that we had a real quality show here. But I always questioned whether or not it would work. ↗

— Steve Burns

#always #animated #couple #early #episodes

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. ↗

— Robert Burton

#devil #farthest #feed #fullest #general

There was a ton of fighting between my mother and father. The kids would be thrown into the middle, to choose sides. ↗

— Nick Carter

#choose #father #fighting #into #kids

I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#any #buy #could #friends #going

I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#cost #decided #government #i #lot

You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#friendships #into #just #like #luck

I have written a book. This will come as quite a shock to some. They didn't think I could read, much less write. ↗

— George W. Bush

#come #could #i #less #much