#ld

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#must #seem #thought #wishes #world

Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist. ↗

— Michael Bolton

#business #career #could #find #give

I've seen a fair bit of the States and the rest of the world, and I'm convinced that there's nowhere I'd be happier, there's nowhere I'm missing out on because I'm in N.Y. ↗

— Garth Ennis

#bit #convinced #fair #happier #i

It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do. ↗

— Garth Ennis

#characters #choose #could #find #i

The comics I read as a kid were much more influenced by TV and movies. Encountering superheroes as an adult without that kind of childhood sentimentality, it just doesn't allow you, or in my case at least, it wouldn't let me take the characters seriously. ↗

— Garth Ennis

#allow #case #characters #childhood #comics

For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all the time. ↗

— Brian Eno

#manipulating #time #world #you

I would like to thank the press from the heart of my bottom. ↗

— Nick Faldo

#heart #i #like #press #thank

I haven't trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I've never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#during #give #had #haven #hour

I got interested in the idea of music that could make itself, in a sense, in the mid 1960s really, when I first heard composers like Terry Riley, and when I first started playing with tape recorders. ↗

— Brian Eno

#could #first #got #heard #i

I know that if I had a television in my flat I would convince myself that everything on it was really interesting. I would say, 'I'm a Celebrity - Get Me Out of Here!' is so sociologically fascinating that I think I'd better watch. ↗

— Brian Eno

#celebrity #convince #everything #fascinating #flat