#sent

This ship was a league from us, and some of the men would have taken her, and I would not consent to it, and this Moore said I always hindered them making their fortunes. Was that not the reason I struck him? Was there a mutiny on board? ↗

— William Kidd

#board #consent #fortunes #her #him

Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#avoid #congress #divide #facts #infatuation

I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences. ↗

— Roger Zelazny

#down #even #five #four #i

Modern travelling is not travelling at all; it is merely being sent to a place, and very little different from becoming a parcel. ↗

— John Ruskin

#being #different #little #merely #modern

No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases. ↗

— John Ruskin

#done #ever #good #pictorial #representation

The present is a point just passed. ↗

— David Russell

#just #passed #point #present

Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that. ↗

— Richard Russo

#efficiently #handle #movies #necessarily #novels

The few men who possess the wealth of the material things of the earth at the present time are not truly happy. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#few #few men #happy #material #material things

A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#done #essentially #films #finding #i

I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court. ↗

— Gabriela Sabatini

#any #be happy #centre #court #happy