#porter

The deadlines are much, much longer with books. When I was a reporter, a lot of times I'd come in at 8:30 a.m., get an assignment right away, interview somebody, turn the story in by 9:30, and have the finished story in the paper that landed on my desk by noon. ↗

— Margaret Haddix

#away #books #come #deadlines #desk

I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#berlin #broadway #broadway musicals #composers #drawn

The only thing that we cannot control is our supporters. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#control #only #our #supporters #the only thing

I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European. ↗

— Gordon Brown

#any #because #britain #economically #entry

Reporters used to be blue-collar; at the Globe now, it's practically required that you have a trust fund. ↗

— Howie Carr

#fund #globe #now #practically #reporters

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#cole porter #had #porter #reputation #worldwide

Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#cole #cole porter #four #goes #hits

I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#cole porter #enough #first #five #george

The women's rights movement of the 1970s had not yet emerged; except for Bella Abzug, I had no women supporters. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#except #had #i #movement #rights

And I think because of the passion of every English player and every English supporter, and every English journalist for the game, most of the game is played with passion, love for football and instinct, but in football you also have to think. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#because #english #every #football #game