#sca

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness. ↗

— George Borrow

#been #dreary #escape #idleness #itself

Football is so barbaric. Sometimes I wonder what I was thinking by playing it. I feel almost like I escaped from boot camp. ↗

— Brian Bosworth

#barbaric #boot #boot camp #camp #escaped

I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own. ↗

— Matthew Bourne

#also #dummy #find #i #life

I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#could #hell #i #i am #i love

I think it's absolutely clear that the fiscal path we are on is not sustainable, and for me, the best analogy is these deficits are like a cancer, and over time they will destroy the country from within. ↗

— Erskine Bowles

#analogy #best #cancer #clear #country

People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#escape #gotten #just #most #movies

I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#background #culture #escaped #i #often

I always knew I wanted to be a character in the movies. When I was growing up, I had to have a lot of surgery, and I spent a lot of time recovering at home and in the hospital. Watching movies took me away from my own problems and gave me a total escape. ↗

— Josh Ryan Evans

#away #character #escape #gave #growing

When I was labeled stupid, that scarred me forever. ↗

— Terry Bradshaw

#i #labeled #me #scarred #stupid

General Reynolds immediately found himself engaged with a force which greatly outnumbered his own, and had scarcely made his dispositions for the action when he fell, mortally wounded, at the head of his advance. ↗

— Edward Everett

#advance #dispositions #engaged #fell #force