#margins

My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#along #between #could #find #found

A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#blake #book #certainly #first #his

Farms and ranches contend with much more than quarterly reports and profit margins - the weather can wreak havoc on their quality of life and economic viability. When natural disasters strike, we must do all we can to assist the backbone of our economy. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

#backbone #contend #disasters #economic #economy

These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#being #feeling #flourish #margins #movements

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it. ↗

— Cornel West

#concern #justice #love #margins #poor

I understand personally that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins. ↗

— James Baker

#frustrating #i #lose #margins #narrow

The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. We threw off over $300 million in cash. All of those were in the right direction. So I think we're on our way. ↗

— Gil Amelio

#cash #direction #down #expenses #growth

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#almost #becoming #century #everything #fiction

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#american writers #dangerous #live #margins #more

I was a total education geek. I loved school. I loved learning. I loved doing homework. All of my books and notebooks from high school are underlined and highlighted and there are notes all over the margins. And you know, I was a theater kid too. I was all over the place. ↗

— Sophia Bush

#doing #education #geek #high #high school