#lent

What opera isn't violent? Two things happen, violence and love. And other than that, name something else. You can't. ↗

— Cab Calloway

#happen #love #name #opera #other

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#empirically #finding #following #genius #inspiration

People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show that only they can deal with. ↗

— Bruce Campbell

#deal #frail #get #horror #likely

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ↗

— George Carlin

#nights #only #silent #wolves

And because he knows that we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the president took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers. ↗

— Julian Castro

#because #called #deportation #dreamers #generation

The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, is to study and learn how to know ourselves. This is the foundation of wisdom and the highway to whatever is good. ↗

— Pierre Charron

#best #counsel #divine #excellent #foundation

I had been coming to America very frequently for many, many years, so I had plenty of exposure - and maybe the best kind of exposure, because I think first impressions are very important. Maybe I notice stuff that is just subliminal to people who live here all the time. ↗

— Lee Child

#because #been #best #coming #exposure

I love fashion, I'm actually a pretty talented seamstress, so I can make stuff for myself, but that's really time-consuming. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#fashion #i #i can #i love #love

You know in 1982, the year we came in tied for 3rd, we probably had a better team - I mean as far as talent. When we came back the following year and won it, our pitching staff was a little more experienced and it was such a thrill. ↗

— Roger Clemens

#back #better #came #experienced #far

I'm not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#consistently #enough #five #get #i