#make

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#easiest way #hours #living #long #make

Having my son, I mean, I feel already that it makes me a better actress. Just the feeling and the love that expands in my being is more than I ever thought possible. ↗

— Lauren Ambrose

#already #being #better #ever #expands

You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound. ↗

— Johnny Rotten

#find #make #most #sound #vessels

Do you wait for things to happen, or do you make them happen yourself? I believe in writing your own story. ↗

— Charlotte Eriksson

#choice #dream #fate #goals #inspiration

But more than that, if you ally yourself with people who are prepared to fight to make a difference, then your life will always be in danger. I don't think it's fair to ever blame the person who makes the stand. Because the Doctor's so old, because he's done this so many times before, he sometimes forgets how dangerous it is. But if he didn't create the danger by opposing evil, if he didn't get these people to help him, then terrible things would happen. Standing up for what's right is always the best thing to do. ↗

— Tom MacRae

#make-a-difference #right #stand-up #life

Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

#makes #organizations #possible #trust #work

J.D. scoffed at this. “Please—as if I’m worried about anything Payton has to say. What’s she going to do, give me another one of her little pissed-off hair flips?” He flung imaginary long hair off his shoulders, exaggerating. “I’ll tell you, one of these days I’m going to grab her by that hair and . . .” He gestured as if throttling someone. Without breaking stride, he returned Tyler’s serve. The two smashed a few back and forth, concentrating on the game when— Is violence always part of your sexual fantasies?” Tyler interjected. J.D. whipped around— Sexual—?” —and got hit smack in the face with the squash ball. He toppled back and sprawled ungracefully across the court. Tyler stepped over and twirled his racquet. “This is nice. We should talk like this more often. ↗

— Julie James

#practice-makes-perfect #violence

I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

#any #enough #hard #i #into

Now I'm all messed up sick inside wondering who's life your making worth while. ↗

— Sara Quin

#heartthrob #makeup #messedup #now-im-all-messed-up #sara-quin

While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis. ↗

— Carl Levin

#crisis #disingenuous #facing #fund #long