#mine

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#always #any #complain #determine #doing

In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return. ↗

— Ma Jian

#allowed #authorities #been #beijing #book

You know, when you're making a record, you come up with 15, 20 songs. Then they start to fall by the wayside as your interest wanes. It's kind of like a process of elimination to determine which songs wind up on the record. ↗

— David Johansen

#determine #elimination #fall #interest #kind

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way. ↗

— Scarlett Johansson

#been #determined #ever #girl #i

I promised to run the most open and transparent administration in Britain. That is why, with this brutally honest and unprecedented progress report, I am determined to level with Londoners. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#am #britain #brutally #determined #honest

It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor. ↗

— Don Johnson

#even #good #good actor #i #intended

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame. ↗

— Lady Bird Johnson

#committee #determined #flame #good #knowledgeable

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#benefits #cause #convey #examine #harms

We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it. ↗

— Mordecai Wyatt Johnson

#illusion #living #power #under

I'll get mine in a few years, when I get up there and when the time comes. ↗

— Nick Johnson

#few #get #i #mine #time