#ling

I don't like people telling me what to do, or trying to MAKE me write songs. ↗

— Dave Davies

#like #make #me #people #songs

Unless you have a perception of who you are as a lawyer, you will never be at ease in dealing with legal matters, clients, or courts. But if you know who you are and why you're there, all you need is the expertise and the information. ↗

— Samuel Dash

#courts #dealing #ease #expertise #information

My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game. ↗

— Duffy Daugherty

#behind #end #feeling #game #only

Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it. ↗

— Lindsay Davenport

#adjustment #big #big leagues #get #got

Ray is very secretive about his ideas - why not, the times that the Kinks have been ripped off, especially in the early years, it makes you a little bit cautious about telling anybody what you're doing. And that's understandable. ↗

— Dave Davies

#anybody #been #bit #cautious #doing

In the early days, I often felt that I was taking a math test when we were playing. It was a profound feeling of having to prove myself. ↗

— Chris Stein

#early #feeling #felt #having #i

It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd rather spend my energy smiling. ↗

— Eric Davis

#i #lot #negative #painless #rather

I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music. ↗

— Anthony Davis

#i love #love #music #opera #stories

Circulating through the children's ward and seeing terminally ill kids, heads shaved, smiling and having a ball despite the tubes and needles sticking into them, I thought: What do I have to worry about? If God takes me, at least I've lived for 35 years. ↗

— Eric Davis

#ball #children #circulating #despite #god

I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened. That's magic, isn't it? ↗

— Humphrey Carpenter

#baby #believe #came #ceiling #flew