#pa

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#avarice #envy #fire #hearts #pride

Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you're greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn't understand. ↗

— Robert G. Allen

#attention #average #average man #crazy #dream

I sat backstage and had a beer with Richard Chamberlain, Paul Newman, and Princess Grace. ↗

— Christopher Atkins

#beer #chamberlain #grace #had #i

The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#assurance #been #exposes #himself #learned

When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to a Bach Chorale, where four parts are going on at the same time, all of which are gorgeous melodies, all being played simultaneously. ↗

— David Amram

#bach #being #chorale #four #going

There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of epic literature. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#grand #important #literature #lord #lord of the rings

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#always #authors #french #german #great

After that I won a prize, I was with a group of ancient music of Spain that they helped me a lot with a grant, you see, during three years. And so I made my debut in 1944 and I found myself helping my family, it was a very poor family. ↗

— Victoria de los Angeles

#ancient #debut #during #family #found

I'm the one by the backdoor - I am not the one in the middle of the party. ↗

— Stephanie Beacham

#backdoor #i #i am #middle #party

They keep extending these unemployment benefits to the point where people are afraid to go out and get a job, because the job doesn't pay as much as the unemployment benefit does. ↗

— Sharron Angle

#because #benefit #benefits #does #extending