#pre

If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#i #metaphorical #precise #say #scientists

I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#change #firsthand #i #president #reveals

The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on. ↗

— Barack Obama

#feel #future #going #i #myself

I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#comes #down #hollywood #i #imagine

I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at least the front page of the Times every day or every other day would outweigh the depression. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#citizen #day #depression #every #every day

I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now. ↗

— Larisa Oleynik

#had #i #life #need #nothing

I don't know that there is one serious American representative that will advise Israel to sit with a terrorist government and negotiate with them. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#american #government #i #israel #know

When I draw a character, very often as I'm doing a face, my face mirrors the expression. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#doing #draw #expression #face #i

In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of nature than the ancients ascribed to their gods. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#ascribed #fifty #forces #given #gods

There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. ↗

— Jane Austen

#deserve #fortune #large #many #men