#lon

It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths. ↗

— Greil Marcus

#dead #dead end #end #intrigued #longer

A woman's voice answered, "Hello?" Walter cried back at her, "Hello, oh Lord, hello!" "This is a recording," recited the woman's voice. "Miss Helen Arasumian is not home. Will you leave a message on the wire spool so she may call you when she returns? Hello? This is a recording. Miss Helen Arasumian is not home. Will you leave a message -" He hung up. He sat with his mouth twitching. On second thought he redialed that number. "When Miss Helen Arasumian comes home," he said, "tell her to go to hell. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#humor #loneliness #home

It may have lost its special-ness forever and the clubs might not being doing well but I think standup is in the best shape it has been in a long time. ↗

— Marc Maron

#being #best #clubs #doing #forever

When we first went there we completely lacked confidence. Our manager told us our act was too long, and told us to drop certain numbers and concentrate on the exciting stuff. And he was right. ↗

— Steve Marriott

#certain #completely #concentrate #confidence #drop

Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. ↗

— William Moulton Marston

#feminine #force #lacks #long #our

Nobody from my label called any of their labels to get this done. Most of it happened very naturally. Mary and I have been friends for a long time. Then Jay-Z offered. ↗

— Angie Martinez

#been #called #done #friends #get

I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets, it's not a big deal. ↗

— Olivier Martinez

#all day #being #big #big deal #cousins

My parents grew that small business from one 18-year-old guarding a bingo to more than 125 employees in three states. And sure, there was help along the way. But my parents took the risk. They stood up. And you better believe they built it. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#believe #better #bingo #built #business

I love Marlon Brando. Never seem him bad, just less good. ↗

— Lee Marvin

#brando #good #him #i #i love

There are over 2,000 direct clones of the Groupon business model. However, there's an equal amount of proof that the barriers to success are enormous. In spite of all those competitors, only a handful are remotely relevant. ↗

— Andrew Mason

#barriers #business #business model #clones #competitors