#pre

Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

#attending #birthday #concerts #conducting #dropping

When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist. ↗

— John McGahern

#become #bring #could #dislike #expression

Learn to ask for what you want. The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for which is precisely where you were before you asked. ↗

— Peter McWilliams

#asked #before #give #learn #people

I once saw a picture in the paper of John Hegley with 'poet' written on his knuckles, and I thought that was pretty cool, so I was quite up front about it. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#cool #front #his #i #john

Our generation has taken to the cosmetic use of pesticides and I think, perhaps unwittingly, not fully understanding the dangers it represents to ourselves and, most importantly, to our children. ↗

— Dalton McGuinty

#cosmetic #dangers #fully #generation #i

I choose to be more prepared than I'm expected to be. ↗

— Michael Michele

#expected #i #more #prepared #than

What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow. ↗

— A. A. Milne

#fellow #i #likes #must #potatoes

President Johnson had a habit of throwing dollars at a question and the question would disappear. ↗

— Wilbur Mills

#dollars #habit #had #johnson #president

I have no complaints on any level. I'm pretty happy about the way everything has turned out. ↗