#rent

In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#artists #child #different #i #i think

A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out what a novel is about, and the job becomes one of understanding and deepening or sharpening what is already written. That is finding the theme. ↗

— Diane Johnson

#already #apparent #becomes #deepening #end

Forget regret or life is yours to miss ↗

— RENT

#rent #inspirational

I'm a father myself for the first time in my life, and I had very very loving parents. ↗

— David Keith

#first #first time #had #i #life

I never saw myself as being ambitious, I saw myself as being in love with the profession. I'm a people person. I love to get to know different kinds of people. ↗

— Jack Kelley

#being #being in love #different #different kinds #get

Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#back #cuba #europe #forgotten #grandparents

Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

#companies #different #employees #finance #large

There is nothing I would change - to change it I would have had to write a totally different book. ↗

— Asne Seierstad

#change #different #had #i #nothing

I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant violin passage into an incident, and to lift a simple horn call into a thing of stupendous significance by means of scenic emphasis. ↗

— Anton Seidl

#apparently #call #emphasis #help #horn

Research and development needs permanent tax credits to build the technology that spurs our growth. But no government programs alone can get America's students to study more science and math; parents must push and help their children to meet this goal. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#america #build #children #credits #development