#mar

People who are funny and smart and return phone calls get much better press than people who are just funny and smart. ↗

— Howard Simons

#calls #funny #get #just #much

I have been inspired by Martin Luther King and how he inspired a movement. I have learned that a cause must be organic; if it is to have an impact it must belong to those who join the movement and not those who lead it. ↗

— Simon Sinek

#belong #cause #how #i #i have learned

In the fall of the year 2000, there just happened to be a decision point when they asked me to become Chief Executive Officer of the company. It was a time when, as you remember, we were starting to have some real problems in the California energy markets. ↗

— Jeffrey Skilling

#become #california #chief #chief executive #company

Remember to be as smart as you are. ↗

— Judd Nelson

#remember #smart #you

Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married. ↗

— Richard Ford

#done #ever #except #i #married

My mom said, 'Don't get married. You're too young. Go out there and experience what life has to offer.' And I did. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#experience #get #get married #go #i

I don't think I fit the Marilyn Maxwell mode. ↗

— Lee Grant

#i #marilyn #maxwell #mode #think

I grew up in a pretty gay world - my brother's gay and he's been married to a man for 20 years, which is like 60 in straight-people years. ↗

— Kevin Smith

#brother #gay #grew #i #like

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#corners #cup #dubious #employs #find

The marriage didn't work out but the separation is great. ↗

— Liz Smith

#marriage #out #separation #work #work out