#mos

Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature. ↗

— Rita Dove

#adversity #almost #begin #being #convey

I've always been a fella who put most of my eggs in one basket and then take a dump in the basket but I really don't know. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#basket #been #dump #eggs #fella

When you have a good script you're almost in more trouble than when you have a terrible script. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#good #good script #more #script #terrible

I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam. ↗

— Roma Downey

#happened #heading #i #i think #just

Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

#approved #choices #dangerous #dangerous place #family life

Some of the people who look the most normal are probably the maddest people trying to look normal. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#most #normal #people #probably #some

Most working days I can be at my desk for nine hours a day. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#days #desk #hours #i #i can

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#always #best #greatest #live #most

In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough. ↗

— K. Eric Drexler

#after #breakthrough #important #leads #like

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#hearing #important #important thing #most #said