#own

At the time the world was all upside down. The American people were beginning to move around a lot. The old hometown ties had been pretty much broken. The theme of Farmer Takes a Wife appealed to people. Everybody was homesick. And it sold and sold and sold. ↗

— John Gould

#american people #appealed #around #been #beginning

I don't read anything anymore. I don't have the eyesight. I read my own copy, that's all. I think I've read everything that's worth reading. ↗

— John Gould

#anything #copy #everything #eyesight #i

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#apartment #based #building #character #course

I think what my hope is is that the only downside of having a steady job on television is, I think for all actors, there's a piece, there's some adrenaline, and part of the love of the job is not knowing what's coming next, and the variety. ↗

— Lauren Graham

#coming #downside #having #hope #i

You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it's because of the negativity they have in their own hearts. ↗

— Stedman Graham

#because #black #hearts #know #men

I have been under considerable pressure to buy at least a laptop computer. I have always turned the suggestions down for the reason that I have never done creative work on a typewriter. There is to me a lack of empathy. ↗

— Winston Graham

#been #buy #computer #considerable #creative

Everyone thinks because you're from the south you know everyone down there, but it's not like that; I never knew nothing about no Mississippi. ↗

— Buddy Guy

#because #down #everyone #i #knew

It's much easier to work with an unknown. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#much #unknown #work

I think that a song, when it works, never mind a piece of long form music, even a song is something that speaks to itself but has a language all of its own, ideally. ↗

— Steve Hackett

#form #i #i think #ideally #itself

I'm not saying my idea is the one and only idea. We should have other ideas, but the president has not laid down a specific plan as to how he's going to get us to solvency. I do that. ↗

— Chuck Hagel

#get #going #how #i #i do