#rote

When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#came #captain #doing #eight #everyone

I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful. ↗

— Betty Smith

#brass #clock #embedded #fake #flank

As a Michigan senator, I feel a special responsibility to protect the Great Lakes. They are not only a source of clean drinking water for more than 30 million people but are also an integral part of Michigan's heritage and its economy. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#clean #drinking #drinking water #economy #feel

The songs are about things that we were thinking and we wrote 'em down, and when you listen to 'em, whatever you think it's about... THAT'S what it's about! ↗

— Layne Staley

#down #listen #songs #things #think

What is marriage, is marriage protection or religion, is marriage renunciation or abundance, is marriage a stepping-stone or an end. What is marriage. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#end #marriage #protection #religion #renunciation

But the equipment to protect the players hasn't developed along with that, so now you have more players out with worse injuries, for longer periods of time. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#developed #equipment #hasn #injuries #longer

The rise of National Socialism is the protest of a people against a State that denies the right to work. ↗

— Gregor Strasser

#denies #national #people #protest #right

I've always thought that whether I'm writing or not, I've gotta pick the best songs, whether or not they're mine. I'm not gonna sing them just because I wrote them. I've gotta find the best songs to make the best record I can. ↗

— George Strait

#because #best #find #gonna #gotta

Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade. ↗

— David Suzuki

#because #countries #differing #economic #invested

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority. ↗

— David Suzuki

#economic #even #grandchildren #health #make