#rand

My dad recently reminded me that my grandfather's cousin was Lefty Frizzell. ↗

— Parker Posey

#dad #grandfather #lefty #me #recently

I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in my hand and Thomas Tallis on the iPod. Oh, and since this is England, I had better add, 'If wet, in the library.' Who could say that this is bad? ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#bad #before #better #brandy #chair

The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#after #bbc #been #capable #doctor

One curious thing about growing up is that you don't only move forward in time; you move backwards as well, as pieces of your parents' and grandparents' lives come to you. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#backwards #come #curious #forward #grandparents

Twenty-five percent of search results for the world's top 20 largest brands are links to user generated content and thirty-four percent of bloggers post opinions about products and brands. ↗

— Erik Qualman

#bloggers #brands #content #generated #largest

By then I was in Brooklyn and drank my way through that summer. I stopped when I got sick of that and got a job at the Strand bookstore, which was a little better than the tax job. ↗

— Robert Quine

#bookstore #brooklyn #drank #got #i

This is a dream from when I was kid. I'm playing tennis almost 18 years, and of course everybody's dream is to play the final of a Grand Slam. ↗

— Agnieszka Radwanska

#course #dream #everybody #final #grand

I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true. ↗

— Sam Raimi

#because #believed #better #blood #came

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it. ↗

— Harold Ramis

#acting #big #big hair #brando #funny

What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it. ↗

— Sally Rand

#bet #dancing #grandmother #grandmothers #heaven