#loo

Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#effort #having #him #i #look

I have been taking some classes in woodworking. It's really helpful just looking at a problem, and having a very tangible way in constructing it. ↗

— Luke Kirby

#classes #constructing #having #helpful #i

And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that. ↗

— William Kirby

#follow #look #mess #most #russia

We went around and looked and talked to a lot of foundations with those charities and decided upon the Children's Hospital. They had a golf tournament at the time, but it was a small event that didn't raise a significant amount of money. ↗

— Tom Kite

#around #charities #children #decided #event

To pursue a so-called Third Way is foolish. We had our experience with this in the 1960s when we looked for a socialism with a human face. It did not work, and we must be explicit that we are not aiming for a more efficient version of a system that has failed. ↗

— Vaclav Klaus

#did #efficient #experience #explicit #face

People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive. ↗

— Calvin Klein

#alive #crime #fashion #fashion industry #i

When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed. ↗

— Paul Klee

#art #had #looking #more #probably

Whatever else I do before finally I go to my grave, I hope it will not be looking after young people. ↗

— John Thorn

#before #else #finally #go #grave

It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word. ↗

— Kevin Kline

#every #fearful #had #i #incomprehensible

Too often we only identify the crucial points in our lives in retrospect. At the time we are too absorbed in the fetid detail of the moment to spot where it is leading us. But not this time. I was experiencing one of my dad’s deafening moments. If my life could be understood as a meal of many courses (and let’s be honest, much of it actually was), then I had finished the starters and I was limbering up for the main event. So far, of course, I had made a stinking mess of it. I had spilled the wine. I had dropped my cutlery on the floor and sprayed the fine white linen with sauce. I had even spat out some of my food because I didn’t like the taste of it. “But it doesn’t matter because, look, here come the waiters. They are scraping away the debris with their little horn and steel blades, pulled with studied grace from the hidden pockets of their white aprons. They are laying new tablecloths, arranging new cutlery, placing before me great domed wine glasses, newly polished to a sparkle. There are more dishes to come, more flavors to try, and this time I will not spill or spit or drop or splash. I will not push the plate away from me, the food only half eaten. I am ready for everything they are preparing to serve me. Be in no doubt; it will all be fine.” (pp.115-6) ↗

— Jay Rayner

#apron #courses #crucial-points #cutlery #deafening-moments