#pa

People often ask, why aren't you reading about what it is you're working on right now? And the truth is, you only get three pages a night before your eyelids close. ↗

— David Petraeus

#ask #before #close #get #night

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

India is a global power and an important partner with whom we are building an intense, broad and enduring relationship. ↗

— Pierre Pettigrew

#building #enduring #global #important #india

Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass. Cotton went on, but daddy bumped me in the rear and my car went right into the wall. ↗

— Richard Petty

#came #car #cotton #daddy #i

It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music. ↗

— Tom Petty

#afford #because #being #copied #enraged

I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#i #newton #paint #trust #upon

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it. ↗

— Michelle Pfeiffer

#being #being famous #comfortable #control #famous

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example. ↗

— Phaedrus

#bound #everyone #example #his #own

I probably had some impact, because everyone keeps telling me that I did. I like to feel like I'm coming out with something to try to make room for other young women to make their art. ↗

— Liz Phair

#because #coming #did #everyone #feel

This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be 31. I'm looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#after #age #back #being #come