#rise

I'm a four star general in this thing, and you don't rise to the ranks of a four star general by hanging about the house being the perfect dad. ↗

— Sam Elliott

#being #dad #four #general #hanging

I saw a story in the Los Angeles Times that 40 percent of the viewers are men. It didn't really surprise me. ↗

— James Denton

#i #los #los angeles #me #men

I know some people will be surprised to hear it, but I've found that my music, whether its blues or rock, or whatever you want to call it, can be channeled into a positive direction that actually helps people. ↗

— Rick Derringer

#blues #call #channeled #direction #found

As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not. ↗

— Carl Van Vechten

#author #beauty #cat #cats #grace

What would surprise a lot of people about me... I'm a gardener! I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate. ↗

— Jeffrey Donovan

#bushes #cultivate #gardener #get #green

You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright. ↗

— Kirk Douglas

#bright #i #interviewer #know #look

No nose hair. Ever. You'd be surprised at all the little twigs sticking out. I just can't get it. How can you see that and not just want to hack it off? ↗

— Kyan Douglas

#get #hack #hair #how #i

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#castles #compatible #homely #i #muse

He liked to touch, she realized. In bed, he kept his arms around her or a hand on her like now. The way he played with her breasts, or just touched her, or ran his hands over her body, made her feel so...so beautiful, Desirable. ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#desirable #sex #touching #beauty

In the economic sphere, the program demanded thorough decentralization and managerial independence of enterprises, as well as legalization of small-scale private enterprise, especially in the service sector. ↗

— Alexander Dubcek

#economic #enterprise #enterprises #especially #independence