#off

As I said, I had no publisher for What a Carve Up! while I was writing it, so all we had to live off was my wife's money and little bits I was picking up for journalism. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

#carve #had #i #journalism #little

It's only a drawback in the States, where most people seem to have no real interest in other countries and the notion of a novel which might offer insight into life in the UK doesn't seem to appeal very widely. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

#countries #drawback #insight #interest #into

Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart. ↗

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

#blessed #day #each #gift #giving

Murder is an offensive act. The term cannot be applied legitimately to any defensive act. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#any #applied #cannot #defensive #legitimately

Well, that was certainly - to me, until we could film in Charles' room, I didn't even want to bother filming anything else. And in fact, I did hold off and that was the first thing we filmed. ↗

— Terry Zwigoff

#bother #certainly #charles #could #did

Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock. ↗

— Phil Collins

#another time #australia #days #fly #had

I sang in the coffee houses of the country in the early '60s with no idea of success in terms of records or television. I just thought I was a storyteller. I didn't even think of myself as a singer. ↗

— Judy Collins

#country #early #even #houses #i

My buddy David Wells is a big motorcycle guy, so when I go visit him in San Diego, he takes me out on his bike. He's got some antique Indians. I never really rode during my career, because I was afraid I'd fall off and ruin my career. ↗

— David Cone

#antique #because #big #bike #buddy

I never worked in an office in my life. ↗

— Jack Vance

#life #my life #never #office #worked

I went through so many things personally, emotionally and mentally during that time off that I know that I'm better for it now and I think I'm a better athlete because of that. ↗

— Libby Trickett

#because #better #during #emotionally #i