#often

People often remark that I'm pretty lucky. Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you've got to have talent and know how to use it. ↗

— Frank Sinatra

#chance #far #getting #got #how

I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#babies #chance #close #dad #family

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better. ↗

— Peter Singer

#behave #better #citizens #could #dark

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels. ↗

— John Sladek

#collections #disguised #most #novels #often

Often doctors didn't even tell you what was wrong with you. They just treated you, and sent you home. ↗

— Rebecca Skloot

#even #home #just #often #sent

All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#behaviour #breakdown #case #classic #containing

I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to occupy the same territory in the book because I think they very often occupy the same territory in life, much as we try to separate them. ↗

— Richard Russo

#book #heartbreaking #hilarious #i #i think

When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#great #heels #high #high heels #i

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#become #conventional #conventional wisdom #federal #government

That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about. ↗

— Winona Ryder

#aggravating #aspect #business #does #frustrating