#ringing

For a while there, I was a stringer. The expression comes from the old habit of stringing together the column inches that you had written. They'd measure it and pay you 10 cents an inch for your printed copy. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#column #comes #copy #expression #habit

You're over there in the corner either thinking about the dead dog or whatever, you're bringing up your personal life and you need the space, and then somebody throws you a joke. Especially if it's an emotional scene, you don't want the joke. ↗

— Marcia Gay Harden

#bringing #corner #dead #dog #either

During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#difficult #divorce #during #enjoyed #first

There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua? ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#bringing #contra #economic justice #government #had

There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life. ↗

— Karen Kain

#bringing #challenge #everyone #force #involved

I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think of myself as bringing to the table a lot of 'women's issues.' I don't feel the need to write about maternity. I grew up thinking that the talented people in comedy were hard-joke writers. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#bringing #comedy #even #feel #forget

What celebrities are useful for is bringing attention to the public and making them more aware. They can be unbelievably effective. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#aware #bringing #celebrities #effective #making

The thing I love about acting is that it's got nothing to do with me; it's about bringing forth a director's vision. It's like a release. I'm glad it's come back into my life. ↗

— Lenny Kravitz

#acting #back #bringing #come #director

College atheletes used to get a degree in bringing your pencil. ↗

— Ruby Wax

#bringing #college #degree #get #pencil

Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt. ↗

— Henry Bolingbroke

#contempt #defeats #end #esteem #into