#rating

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#because #concentrating #effort #novels #prose

There's no doubt that the squad needs strengthening if we are to get back up among the top three because they are operating on another level to us at the moment. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#another #back #back up #because #doubt

Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which come at a considerable cost to the university. ↗

— Norman Lamm

#come #considerable #cost #emigrating #go

I love a long bath. I love anything creative. I love decorating. I even love just flipping through magazines and vegging out for a while. But I'm also one of those people who loves to work, so I'll sing, dance, work on my next performance, or write whomever it may be about a new idea. ↗

— Jennifer Lopez

#also #anything #bath #creative #dance

Lovers of air travel find it exhilarating to hang poised between the illusion of immortality and the fact of death. ↗

— Alexander Chase

#air travel #between #death #exhilarating #fact

Repetitiveness and discipline are the secrets of cake decorating. The art comes from the meticulous technique, the way it does for a dancer. ↗

— Ron Ben-Israel

#cake #comes #dancer #decorating #discipline

There are few retreats, that can escape the penetrating eye of avarice. ↗

— Thomas Clarkson

#escape #eye #few #penetrating #retreats

I think the credit crunch is a brilliant thing. We should all stop moaning and start celebrating. When times are tough, it's an opportunity to start looking at life in a different way. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#celebrating #credit #crunch #different #different way

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#constant #effect #enlightenment #facts #freedom

I honestly believe that TV generally is obsessed with the ratings battle to the point of cutting its own throat. ↗

— Jonathan Dimbleby

#believe #cutting #generally #honestly #i