#ours

Of course, the idea of a six months' holiday is enough to make anyone laugh at anything, but I find that besides that I was a good deal harassed and run down, and I am glad to cut off from everything and start fresh. I feel miserably selfish about it all the time. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#am #anyone #anything #besides #course

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#any #art #command #course #demand

Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution, lay down their weapons, cut their ties with al Qaeda and essentially become productive or at least participating members of society in that regard. ↗

— David Petraeus

#accept #al #become #been #clear

Lana Del Rey seems to be bothering everybody because she allegedly 'remade' herself from a folk singing, girl-next-door type into an electro-urban kitty cat on the prowl (of course I like her), and they feel she is inauthentic. ↗

— Liz Phair

#because #bothering #cat #course #del

The energy of the crowd is insane. Twenty thousand people. It's the biggest jolt of adrenaline. It's very hard to explain. You know the old story about the woman lifting the car off her kid? It's in that realm. You can actually hurt yourself and not know it. ↗

— Tom Petty

#actually #adrenaline #biggest #car #crowd

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. ↗

— Joan Didion

#back #expectations #free #give #great

We don't come to Canada for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves. ↗

— Prince Philip

#come #enjoying #health #other #our

When you say you are in love with humanity, you are well satisfied with yourself. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#love #satisfied #say #well #you

I grew up on the stage, where you just throw yourself into projects and don't get in your own way. ↗

— Jeremy Piven

#grew #i #into #just #own

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve. ↗

— Max Planck

#because #cannot #last #mystery #nature