#lie

What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line. ↗

— Earle Brown

#good #hands #head #lies #line

Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in. ↗

— Louise Brown

#be true #believe #give #heart #importantly

I thought that in general we in the United States were too optimistic in believing that the Soviets might alter what had been for a long time, as a matter of fact for centuries, fundamental Russian policies in respect to the rest of the world. ↗

— David Bruce

#been #believing #centuries #fact #fundamental

I was trying to do Billie Holiday, because she was the voice to be heard at that time. ↗

— Ruth Brown

#billie #billie holiday #heard #holiday #i

Thousands of Ohio families are going deeper and deeper in debt just trying to pay their heating bills, fill prescriptions, and buy groceries. The current minimum wage is simply not enough. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#buy #current #debt #deeper #enough

People tend to overstate my resilience, but, of course, I hope they're right. ↗

— David Brudnoy

#hope #i #overstate #people #resilience

My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four cattle that he gave to me when I graduated from grammar school, from the eighth grade. And those cows multiplied, and he kept track of them for years for me. And that was my herd. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#cows #dad #eighth #eighth grade #four

I've never believed that the only way to make a dent is to be a table thumper. ↗

— David Brudnoy

#dent #i #make #never #only

Sad and sweet and wise Here a child reposes; Dust is on his eyes, Quietly he lies - Satan, strew Roses. ↗

— Robert Williams Buchanan

#dust #eyes #here #his #lies

If money isn't everything, why do we toss coins into wishing wells? ↗

— Jaf Liethers

#money #poem #poetic #quote #wealth