#once

The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#because #catharsis #concerned #i #i write

I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what independent used to mean. ↗

— John Sayles

#felt #i #independent #like #margins

The live concert industry has become corporate-ized. ↗

— Perry Farrell

#concert #industry #live

If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it twice. ↗

— David Seabury

#once #task #twice #won #you

A subject which at first glance seems quite removed from the undeclared concern of the book can encapsulate that concern. ↗

— W. G. Sebald

#concern #encapsulate #first #glance #quite

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#cowards #death #deaths #die #many

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from... Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#anything #being #cannot #conceive #dissolved

I'm really looking forward to just concentrating on the swimming part now instead of what's going on with me outside the pool. ↗

— Eric Shanteau

#forward #going #i #instead #just

It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#compatible #cultures #democracy #germany #important

Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That's a tradition I miss. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#eating #end #family #friends #had