#lis

That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution. ↗

— William Blackstone

#english #fundamental #fundamental principle #king #necessary

I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that. ↗

— Otis Blackwell

#artist #back #best #figured #get

I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it. ↗

— Otis Blackwell

#fever #found #gentleman #had #house

You can sway an audience if you win the women over. The gentlemen will follow 'cause they can be so foolish like that at times, they are easily led. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#cause #easily #follow #foolish #gentlemen

I am a curious person and, believe it or not, I really do like to sit back and listen to people's stories. ↗

— Nina Blackwood

#back #believe #curious #curious person #i

I don't have a story about an epiphany in which I suddenly realised I wanted to be an actor. It was much more a case of the idea dawning on me gradually. ↗

— Elizabeth Debicki

#actor #case #dawning #epiphany #gradually

As specialists of apparent life, stars serve as superficial objects that people can identify with in order to compensate for the fragmented productive specialisations that they actually live. ↗

— Guy Debord

#apparent #compensate #fragmented #identify #life

I've never felt that I was less of an athlete or not accomplished athletically because I didn't win an Olympic medal. It's definitely something I would have liked to have added to my resume, but at the same time I think I can look back at my athletic career and feel that I was one of the best. ↗

— Mary Decker

#added #athlete #athletic #back #because

One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize my underlying problem was not genuine alcoholism, but depression. ↗

— Jack Dee

#came #depression #first #genuine #i

Well, I don't ever get excited. I haven't been excited since I got a Chopper bicycle when I was about 12. Once you get older you realise there's always a catch to everything. So when I get, say, a commission to make a TV show, the catch is that you have to deliver something and then the sense of responsibility overwhelms the joy of the occasion. ↗

— Jack Dee

#always #been #bicycle #catch #commission