#or

You know, Simon he's an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you know, the information that they offered to us from their aspect. ↗

— Ruben Studdard

#artist #artists #aspect #had #industry

All I'm asking for is the law that's been on the books for the last 33 years, no public funding for abortion. We are both saying the same thing, pro-life, pro-choice. Let's find the language that works for both of us so we can pass health care. ↗

— Bart Stupak

#asking #been #books #both #care

We believe the Senate language provides for federal subsidies for abortions. Plus there's a language in there where you have to pay one dollar per month, every enrollee, to pay for a fund for reproductive rights which include abortion. And that's totally against federal law. So we are saying take that out. ↗

— Bart Stupak

#against #believe #dollar #every #federal

I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#i #i write #letter #someone #story

Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which they are extended in some way. Test reality against this fiction. The reader will recognize the world that you're talking about, even though it may be another one altogether. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#against #altogether #another #create #even

If funkytown was a trailerpark, this guy would be a double-wide. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#metaphor

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#here #made #mean #point #same

I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#become #i #i quit #job #quit

I sent The World Well Lost to one editor who rejected it on sight, and then wrote a letter to every other editor in the field warning them against the story, and urging them to reject it on sight without reading it. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#editor #every #field #i #letter

I wrote the very first stories in science fiction which dealt with homosexuality, The World Well Lost and Affair With a Green Monkey. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#dealt #fiction #first #green #homosexuality