#lean

I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#draft #first #generally #get #i

I would hope that my writing's cleaner than it was when I started. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#hope #i #started #than #would

But we acted pre-emptively in Kosovo in 1999 to stop Milosevic from doing what he was doing and increasingly doing the ethnic cleansing in a systematic way. ↗

— Lord Robertson

#cleansing #doing #ethnic #increasingly #kosovo

When I used to have a show on French TV, people would ask me how my jacket stayed spotless while cooking. Your whole area has to be clean - and you have to keep it that way. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

#ask #clean #cooking #french #how

If you properly clean a room, it gets dirtier before it gets cleaner. ↗

— Chris Rock

#clean #cleaner #gets #properly #room

I'm an independent, but I got to admit I lean Democratic. ↗

— Chris Rock

#democratic #got #i #independent #lean

Tough times helped many commodities producers become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost-cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up. ↗

— Jim Rogers

#been #commodities #consolidation #excess #helped

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds. ↗

— Will Rogers

#country #fingernails #minds #needs

Watching the scenes out of New Orleans, if you turn down the sound it could be the Sudan or any Third World country. But it's not. it's the United States of America. ↗

— Al Roker

#any #could #country #down #new

Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#body #clean #keep #lean #mind