#pre

I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him what it is like being partnered with a celebrity. Precisely because it suggested that he had no value. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#appreciate #ask #because #being #celebrity

The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president. ↗

— Valentina Matviyenko

#demands #lord #mentality #president #russian

It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#dignity #enough #frank #generous #independent

Writing is the supreme solace. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#supreme #writing

You get to a certain age where you prepare yourself for happiness. Sometimes you never remember to actually get happy. ↗

— John Mayer

#age #certain #certain age #get #happiness

I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way. ↗

— Randy Castillo

#does #drums #format #i #mean

Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down. ↗

— Thom Mayne

#descriptions #down #feel #make #me

Indeed, I was unable to find any evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of a drastic evolutionary acceleration and genetic reconstruction in widespread, populous species. ↗

— Ernst Mayr

#any #drastic #evidence #evolutionary #find

I truly have a love-hate thing with the press. ↗

— Debi Mazar

#love-hate #press #thing #truly

The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#attain #because #beings #communicate #decent