#round

We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands; when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go to their appointments. ↗

— Edie Falco

#around #busy #days #different #fish

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring. ↗

— David Brin

#backgrounds #characters #depth #develop #erupt

No one is fit to judge a book until he has rounded Cape Horn in a sailing vessel, until he has bumped into two or three icebergs, until he has been lost in the sands of the desert, until he has spent a few years in the House of the Dead. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#book #bumped #cape #dead #desert

I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don't trust my instincts - Thats when I get in trouble. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#around #be happy #being #being happy #choice

I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn't know the game and couldn't play it. ↗

— Patrick Ewing

#because #game #i #joke #knew

There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people who have suffered, people who have been pushed around by foreigners in particular, but also by their own people. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#around #been #empathy #foreigners #natural

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#afghanistan #anymore #leave #playground #possible

I like to dance around the house when I'm getting ready. It gets my day going. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#dance #day #gets #getting #going

I don't think so, in that Virgin is already a global brand. Brands like Amazon have had to spend hundreds of millions of pounds you know, building their brands, whereas Virgin is already well-known around the world. ↗

— Richard Branson

#amazon #around #brand #brands #building

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around. ↗

— Richard Branson

#around #i #invest #money #new