#sea

Writing criticism is to writing fiction and poetry as hugging the shore is to sailing in the open sea. ↗

— John Updike

#fiction #hugging #open #poetry #sailing

Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism; the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young. ↗

— Henry Seidel Canby

#directing #diseases #dogmatism #intellects #lives

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#follow #into #sea #seagulls #think

Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#authenticity #good #good story #greatest #inward

When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat. ↗

— George Carlin

#born #freak #front #get #row

At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. ↗

— George Carlin

#bathroom #closest #death #dinner #dinner party

It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds. ↗

— Charisma Carpenter

#basically #because #been #breath #come

So I begged, half way into season two, for them to let me cut my hair. ↗

— Charisma Carpenter

#cut #hair #half #half way #i

So, I'm happy to do that because it's a wonderful working relationship but I will be going out for pilot season for half hour work and that's the gamble I'm taking. ↗

— Charisma Carpenter

#gamble #going #half #half hour #happy

Scott Brown may be the last Republican to win a statewide fight in Massachusetts for a very long time. He caught the machine flat-footed in January 2010 when he out-hustled Martha Coakley and stole the Senate seat Ted Kennedy held all those years. And since then, the Democrats haven't lost a single statewide fight. ↗

— Howie Carr

#caught #democrats #fight #haven #held