#pro

For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#defense #embraced #fire #heroes #honor

There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry. ↗

— Rita Dove

#congress #distinct #duties #how #i

We have always tried to treat every album differently and even from day one I think that each Asia album has been approached with care and thought and hopefully that shines through twenty years later. ↗

— Geoff Downes

#always #approached #asia #been #care

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#hopes #made #only #plans #promises

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#how #impossible #improbable #matter #must

As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#commonplace #crimes #difficult #face #holmes

The problem with being Irish... is having 'Riverdance' on your back. It's a burden at times. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#being #burden #having #irish #problem

I started doing improv my sophomore year. ↗

— Rachel Dratch

#i #improv #sophomore #sophomore year #started

We had to give each other permission to be different as parents. That's why there's a mom and a dad with two different approaches, because you do need both. ↗

— Bridgette Wilson

#be different #because #both #dad #different

Nothing is proved, all is permitted. ↗

— Theodore Dreiser

#permitted #proved