#pens

My suspension was a long-planned move... and was done to protect would-be convicts in Romanian politics. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#done #move #politics #protect #suspension

Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well. ↗

— Jennifer Beals

#character #ends #happens #oftentimes #other

(Out of the Shadow is) Exceptional....Meticulously plotted, beautifully paced, its an intelligent, fascinating story that draws you in. I couldn't put it down, a great read.. Winn, masterfully weaves together the lives of characters into a rich and vivid tapestry, all the while exploring complex human emotions. A definite page turner. Patricia O'Halloran ↗

— J.S. Winn

#mystery-suspense #mystery-thriller #beauty

And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#around #engine #happens #i #like

His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind. ↗

— Anne Bronte

#curls #finger #heart #his #into

I cannot go to the Opera, because I have forsworn all expense which does not end in pleasing me. ↗

— Charles Townshend

#cannot #does #end #expense #go

I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.' ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#academic #adage #difference #grandmother #happens

What I think is at stake in 2012, is whether the five or six strong conservatives elected to the Senate in 2010 become 10 or 12. And if that happens, it will fundamentally shift the character of the Senate. It will shift the balance. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#become #character #conservatives #elected #five

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#always #book #director #flattering #happens

In the first Spider-Man, at the end of the movie, Peter Parker had to deny himself a relationship with a girl that he's in love with. The very next thing that happens is that he's swinging through the city. ↗

— John Dykstra

#deny #end #first #girl #had