#pen

I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker. ↗

— Darren Aronofsky

#i #independent #night #office #realized

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. ↗

— Roger Ascham

#good #learning #praise #sharpen #such

Let the master praise him, and say, "Here ye do well." For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. ↗

— Roger Ascham

#encourage #good #here #him #i

From day one, I have always been open about my sexual orientation. ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#always #been #day #i #open

If you're paid before you walk on the court, what's the point in playing as if your life depended on it? ↗

— Arthur Ashe

#court #depended #life #paid #playing

It appears from Mr. Smith's account that there is no scarcity of buffalo as he penetrated the country. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#appears #buffalo #country #mr #penetrated

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#because #different #door #general #genre

You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind. ↗

— Bashar al-Assad

#institution #mind #opening #reform #society

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#age #apt #class #class distinctions #democratic

What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish. You know what you should do? Combine them, eat a penguin. ↗

— Dave Attell

#combine #eat #fish #healthiest #know