#over

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#fine #meet #out #over #particularly

I had started losing weight. I mean he didn't know anything about the journey that I was on at that point obviously but from my highest weight of just over 300 pounds I lost about 45 pounds. ↗

— Star Jones

#anything #had #highest #i #journey

It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#development #poverty #terrorism #upheaval

I realized that in those nine seasons I started out at about 225 pounds and I felt, you know, full figured fabulous woman but in those seasons I gained 75 pounds up to over 300 pounds all in front of the nation. ↗

— Star Jones

#fabulous #felt #figured #front #full

Yes and, you know, I can't use the nice words anymore because I used to chicken out by using them. I used to call myself plus size, used to call myself chubby. I used to call myself overweight. ↗

— Star Jones

#because #call #chicken #chubby #i

I think the federal government really should be supporting Louisiana and ensuring that every person from that area has an opportunity to vote on what will occur in the area. ↗

— Stephanie Tubbs Jones

#ensuring #every #federal #federal government #government

Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused. ↗

— Tommy Lee Jones

#overrated #politeness

At certain historic moments, grandparents took on childrearing responsibilities. In many cultures, they still do. Chinese grandparents who are able to retire at 55 are seen all over Beijing bouncing grandbabies. In the United States, we can't afford to retire at 55. ↗

— Erica Jong

#afford #beijing #bouncing #certain #chinese

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. ↗

— Erica Jong

#also #being #cover #ever #fool

When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably 'cause I missed something about Texas. ↗

— Norah Jones

#back #cause #country #country music #fell