#once

No star is ever lost we once have seen, we always may be what we might have been. ↗

— Adelaide Anne Procter

#been #ever #lost #may #might

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#case #certain #comes #concentrating #difficulty

And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner. ↗

— Rachel Dratch

#adopt #alone #decided #even #growing

It is one of the consolations of philosophy that the benefit of showing how to dispense with a concept does not hinge on dispensing with it. ↗

— Willard Van Orman Quine

#concept #consolations #dispense #dispensing #does

Language is conceived in sin and science is its redemption. ↗

— Willard Van Orman Quine

#language #redemption #science #sin

My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who's concerned about his body - an athlete, say - I'll get in shape. If I'm playing a character who doesn't or wouldn't, I don't. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move. ↗

— Aidan Quinn

#almost #athlete #body #career #character

The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once. ↗

— Jane Bryant Quinn

#both #date #give #never #number

I know I'm not a coal miner, but I do long hours and I never complain, and there is nowhere else I'd rather be. So, yeah, that's how I'd define myself. I want to do it right, and prove people wrong once and for all about the myth of child stars. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#child #coal #complain #define #else

I think I tried to steal a Mars bar once from a shop but then I went and put it back. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#bar #i #i think #i tried #mars

I have achieved a lot and I'm grateful for that - I'm just a bit greedy because I want to add the Olympics. It's once every four years - everyone wants it and very few people get it. ↗

— Paula Radcliffe

#add #because #bit #every #everyone