#our

It wasn't who a person believed himself to be or what he pretended he would do in a given situation. It was what he did when he got there that defined him. ↗

— Robert Kurson

#courage

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#had #journalist #never #think #time

If I could have gone on describing to you the beauties of this region, who knows but I might have made a fine addition to the literature of our age? ↗

— Robert Gould Shaw

#age #beauties #could #describing #fine

Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#creatively #me #opposite #other #out

When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#certain #competent #insist #label #protected

I see myself as a citizen of the planet. Even as a child, I always found it mindless to root for your own team. I was puzzled by the fact that people said their own team was better than other teams simply because it was theirs. ↗

— Wallace Shawn

#because #better #child #citizen #even

By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this -- One of you is lying. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

#cynicism #love #lying #passion #love

So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even. But I don't say that I consciously wrote with humour. Humour is a part of you that comes out. ↗

— Robert Sheckley

#comes #consciously #even #fiction #hoped

I'll fight it. I'll fight it for you. Don't you worry about me, Hazel Grace. I'm okay. I'll find a way to hang around and annoy you for a long time. ↗

— John Green

#bittersweet #hazel-grace #love #sad #sweet

No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#comfortable #comfortable life #find #fit #life