#ling

People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes. ↗

— Larry Flynt

#homes #interested #others #own #people

- So my own sister will not promote me? Speaking of which, weren't you supposed to find me a beautiful future wife with a small fortune? Have you had any success on that front? - Yes - I have warned them all. ↗

— Libba Bray

#siblings #beauty

Now that I have found someone, I'm feeling more alone... than I ever have before. ↗

— Ben Folds

#before #ever #feeling #found #i

I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back. ↗

— Ken Follett

#call #calling #days #does #i

I always had a penchant for falling in love. Every time I found myself without a mate, I fell into a state of low-sizzling panic. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#every #every time #falling #falling in love #fell

I've been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that's something I'm constantly working on. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#been #being #constantly #flexible #i

I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#being #being famous #certain #famous #field

It is inconceivable that even the gang who runs Russia would be willing to take on war, but one always has to remember that there seemed to be no reason in 1939 for Hitler to start war, and yet he did, and he started it with a world practically unprepared. ↗

— James Forrestal

#did #even #gang #hitler #inconceivable

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

#counseling #group #personal #preaching

I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something's not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger. ↗

— Jeff Zucker

#i #i think #know #leader #linger