#lt

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#fault #great #our #politicians #something

I have to write people who feel honest but also push our cultural ball forward. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#ball #cultural #feel #forward #honest

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#alice #ball #because #bouncing #cast

However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first poems published. It felt like entering a tradition. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#began #british #entering #felt #first

However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

#concerned #contemporary #difficulties #far #historical

Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#consumerism #culture #demand #depth #marketing

But the idea that women can't take care of themselves still permeates our culture. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#culture #idea #our #permeates #still

I love being a musician. I love the lifestyle. But I think it's probably as difficult and frustrating as anything. ↗

— Trevor Dunn

#being #difficult #frustrating #i #i love

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#cause #earth #enterprise #grand #grand thing

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#die #difficult #i #know #trying