#mer

I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in a play or they are figures in a short story or a novel. ↗

— Gay Talese

#alive #am #america #character #city

Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#inconsiderable #master #masters #merit #methods

He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome. ↗

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

#bad #becomes #darkness #deep #entangled

I've been kind of submerged in my own little geographic location for a really long time in Venice Beach. ↗

— Amber Tamblyn

#been #geographic #i #kind #little

The Beatles and The Stones were basically inspired by American Rhythm and Blues. ↗

— Mick Taylor

#basically #beatles #blues #inspired #rhythm

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you. ↗

— Amy Tan

#circumstances #else #gives #keep #nobody

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy. ↗

— Amy Tan

#been #case #different #first #first time

We strain to tell Americans and aliens in this country that there's nothing unique about America, nothing unique about American civilization, nothing that requires their allegiance, nothing of great value that they should sacrifice for. ↗

— Tom Tancredo

#allegiance #america #american #civilization #country

None merits the name of Creator but God and the poet. ↗

— Torquato Tasso

#god #merits #name #none #poet

You listen to Bob Dylan and you can't help but think of the 60s, it's very relational and if artists are true artists and not just mere musicians they need to be truthful because the music doesn't come from them it comes from the universe and it's to be shared. At best, we're skilled presenters, and I say that at best. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#because #best #bob #bob dylan #come