#rent

When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#become #bubble #child #controlling #innocence

I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in the Midwest. People would stand up and explain to me the situation in their office and ask me whether they should resign or not. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#ask #been #book #different #different world

People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary values it stands for, because every year it stands for something different. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#being #book #booker #different #every

Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both... different. In spelling. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#different #philosophy #religion #spelling #two

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#capitalism #equal #inherent #miseries #sharing

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#differently #each #jazz #music #night

If I had a personal wish for the new ideas in this new book it would be that every parent, every counselor, every teacher, every professor, every sports coach that deals with young people would understand the three circle concept. ↗

— James Collins

#circle #coach #concept #counselor #deals

I don't feel any different than I did when I was 40. But I realize mathematically, I'm equidistant between that and 80. I'll keep doing this for a while, but I'm not going to be one of these people who hang on just for the sake of being on the air. ↗

— Bob Costas

#any #being #between #did #different

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different. ↗

— Peter Drucker

#be different #different #future #know #only

I have looked back on situations and thought that I could have handled a few differently and probably better. ↗

— Jim Evans

#better #could #differently #few #handled