#me

Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books. ↗

— Simon Raven

#another #books #boring #concluded #drudgery

I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do. ↗

— Simon Raven

#every #i #institution #loathed #loved

American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century. ↗

— Diane Ravitch

#been #century #education #fads #failed

You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here. ↗

— Irving Ravetch

#drink #family #feeling #here #i

I have a fat head - I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me. ↗

— Rachael Ray

#get #head #i #looking #me

When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.' ↗

— Sam Rayburn

#get #immediately #majority #too #trouble

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds. ↗

— Paul Valery

#finds #great #history #may #seeks

The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented. ↗

— Dixie Lee Ray

#clean #environment #goal #government #how

The best days I have are usually days where I'm out in the woods and something happens, like I see an amazing animal like a fox, or I get a glimpse of a wild pig or something that I never see. Or crazy things happen. ↗

— Amy Ray

#animal #best #crazy #days #fox

When I'm writing, which is 8-9 months out of the year, I'm in a concerted writing pace, where I work 5 days a week for at least a few hours a day, maybe a little bit more. But I won't work for more than 2 hours at a time. I'll work for a couple hours and take a break. ↗

— Amy Ray

#break #concerted #couple #day #days