#ought

If I thought that any of this was pre ordained, then it takes away any kind of incentive to struggle, or to put up with things, to reach for those impossible dreams, all those dramatic things. ↗

— Gary Numan

#away #dramatic #dreams #i #impossible

In my teens, I developed a passionate idolatry for a teacher of English literature. I wanted to do something that he would approve of more, so I thought I should be some sort of a scholar. ↗

— Trevor Nunn

#developed #english #english literature #i #idolatry

This possibility bothered me as I thought it was not advisable to remain in one academic environment, and the long dark winters in Edinburgh could be rather dismal. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#advisable #bothered #could #dark #dismal

When I walk up on that shore in Florida, I want millions of those AARP sisters and brothers to look at me and say, 'I'm going to go write that novel I thought it was too late to do. I'm going to go work in Africa on that farm that those people need help at. I'm going to adopt a child. It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.' ↗

— Diana Nyad

#africa #brothers #child #dreams #farm

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#amazing things #exactly #get #gets #going

Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#aspire #bowie #like #musician #painter

There was this discussion to know how long the human ear was really receptive to the music. A 74 minute CD is too long. We thought about making two CDs, 35 minutes each... But the songs need to breathe. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#breathe #cd #cds #discussion #each

I think I'm pretty smart on what I spend my money on. I still don't have a new car, I drive my old car that I've had forever. But I bought a house in downtown Chicago. ↗

— Chris O'Donnell

#car #chicago #downtown #drive #forever

An actress must be a woman whose emotional perceptions are true, and to make them so, she must have a fine contempt for any art or thought that betrays them for something false. ↗

— Nance O'Neil

#any #art #betrays #contempt #emotional

Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined. ↗

— Ed O'Neill

#also #back #because #better #camp