#posed

So give me a turbulent world as opposed to a quiet world and I'll take the turbulent one. ↗

— Andy Grove

#give me #i #me #opposed #quiet

Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I don't give any one of them true precedent, or true top marks, as opposed to the other two. ↗

— Mel Torme

#arranger #author #career #directions #give

My uncle died in 1987. I unfortunately - I saw it happen before it happened, which was really, really hard because I was 16 years old and I thought, like, Well, I'm seeing this. I'm supposed to stop this. And I couldn't. ↗

— John Edward

#before #died #happen #happened #hard

I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#career #getting #going #i #parts

My worry is that opera will become an historic art form as opposed to a living, breathing thing. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#art form #become #breathing #breathing thing #form

Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#better #better off #demonstrated #financially #formally

Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care; that's what poetry is supposed to do. ↗

— Diane Wakoski

#care #fact #feminists #i #in fact

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame. ↗

— Alice Walker

#fame #heal #healthy #healthy person #helps

I think you get to a point where you watch something just to enjoy it. I don't think it's really done so that you're supposed to feel, Oh, he's the most wonderful drummer. I think the whole lot is what's more enjoyable. ↗

— Charlie Watts

#drummer #enjoy #enjoyable #feel #get

I have proven to the world that I am articulate, I am very intelligent, I'm well exposed. ↗

— George Weah

#articulate #exposed #i #i am #intelligent