#ring

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#august #being #coat #comes #damn

Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public health crisis out of the shadow and into the bright light of a national priority. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#alarming #bright #bring #complacent #consequences

I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out. ↗

— Gary Allan

#around #because #forever #greatest #greatest thing

Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me feel great. ↗

— Chris Van Allsburg

#artists #besides #claim #feel #great

Sanctification is not to be understood here as a separation from ordinary use or consecration to some special use, although this meaning is often present in Scripture, sometimes referring to outward and sometimes to inward or effectual separation. ↗

— William Ames

#effectual #here #inward #meaning #often

After a while, though, you realize that a whole slew of young singer-songwriter piano players are getting compared to you. That's when you feel the passage of time is occurring. ↗

— Tori Amos

#compared #feel #getting #occurring #passage

I get tired of wearing the same thing all the time too. ↗

— Tori Amos

#i #same #thing #time #tired

Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions. ↗

— Shawn Ashmore

#being #i #instead #preparing #school

Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs. ↗

— Tori Amos

#allow #always #brings #cliffs #depend

When I was little, my mom tells me, I used to say things like, 'Mom do you hear the string section? Do you hear the string section?' And she would look at me and say, 'No honey, I don't know what you're talking about.' ↗

— Tori Amos

#hear #honey #i #know #like