#rage

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance. ↗

— Bryan Miller

#balance #cook #courage #exceptional #go

The average American's day planner has fewer holes in it than Ray Charles's dart board. ↗

— Dennis Miller

#average #board #charles #dart #day

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life. ↗

— Henry Miller

#admittedly #even #fabric #fiction #invention

The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition. ↗

— Henry Miller

#desperation #face #look #nobody #passing

The tragedy of bold, forthright, industrious people is that they act so continuously without much thinking, that it becomes dry and empty. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#becomes #bold #continuously #dry #empty

Mum, who had been a dancer with a small ballet company before she got married, was full of encouragement. She didn't say, 'This is really good, you should do this', She just encouraged us to do whatever we liked. ↗

— Dannii Minogue

#been #before #company #dancer #encouraged

Gay icons usually have some tragedy in their lives, but I've only had tragic haircuts and outfits. ↗

— Kylie Minogue

#had #haircuts #i #icons #lives

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions? ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#complex #emotions #europeans #experiencing #handle

We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#compilation #coverage #creativity #critical #during

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#alone #cave #courage #doubtful #escort