#rough

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#away #brought #current #events #passing

Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the nail further into the coffin of American manufacturing jobs. ↗

— Joe Baca

#cheap #china #coffin #driving #every

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#go #happens #his #nothing #person

Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions. ↗

— Sai Baba

#created #earthly #flow #his #instead

It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me. ↗

— Paul Auster

#because #break #circle #difficult #extremely

I started getting into Internet technologies and computers. I wasn't especially interested in being a musician, but I wound up finding my way back to being interested in music through computers. ↗

— Eric Avery

#being #computers #especially #finding #getting

Having good health, being able to breathe and be happy, that's one of the most beautiful gifts. On top of that, I have the gift to play music and make people happy through that. I'm just telling you from my heart, I'm so in love with life. ↗

— Roy Ayers

#be happy #beautiful #being #breathe #gift

Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company. ↗

— Roy Ayers

#company #contracts #did #directly #i

No kidding. That's really true. You're paying your own bills through this. It's not a pleasant experience. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#experience #kidding #own #paying #pleasant

I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all. ↗

— Lauren Bacall

#attention #both #career #choices #go