#ops

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#find #mountains #only #tops #up

My own books drive themselves. I know roughly where a book is going to end, but essentially the story develops under my fingers. It's just a matter of joining the dots. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#books #develops #dots #drive #end

When I cook, my brain stops completely. ↗

— Dino De Laurentiis

#completely #cook #i #stops

In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#build #democracy #die #every #home

The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

#commanders #constitution #earnestly #fidelity #hungarian

Scary monsters are like Hula Hoops. They come in and out of fashion. ↗

— John Malkovich

#fashion #hoops #like #monsters #out

If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it. ↗

— Wanda Jackson

#i #i write #mind #pops #something

An acting assistant stage manager in a theater in Canterbury, a rep theater. A small wage but just enough to get by on, and I made props and I walked on, and I changed scenery, and I realized that I just loved it. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#assistant #canterbury #changed #enough #get

I think it's been the topic of conversation for every one... If the U.S. is hit again, how are we going to handle it? Our troops are all over the place. ↗

— Holly Johnson

#been #conversation #every #going #handle

My first two records are so simply constructed. The reason isn't because I wanted to make simple music. It's because I don't really have the chops. ↗

— Norah Jones

#chops #constructed #first #i #make