#pre

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too. ↗

— Dave Matthews

#irritate #irritates #joy #lot #me

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#deadening #effect #excess #exhilarating #habit

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#breakup #concurrently #device #did #even

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#acutely #aware #because #cell #cell phones

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#believed #closer #get #i #pretending

I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces. ↗

— Melissa Auf der Maur

#born #down-to-earth #grew #i #i was born

I think I have handled things pretty well last year and this. What I have to do now is try do it even better. ↗

— Amelie Mauresmo

#even #handled #i #i think #last

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#called #frankness #insolence #like #others

Under pressure, people admit to murder, setting fire to the village church or robbing a bank, but never to being bores. ↗

— Elsa Maxwell

#bank #being #bores #church #fire

I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good. ↗

— Brian May

#good #hendrix #i #pretty #pretty good