#short

In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player! ↗

— Eddie Murphy

#basketball #basketball player #boxer #character #could

Man, that kind of little honeybee just buzzes from flower to flower." "Maybe, but honey is sweet, you know? ↗

— Colleen Coover

#short-story #home

Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior. ↗

— Yannick Noah

#marley #pacifist #short #very #warrior

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#available #base #because #been #billing

It is going to be an experiment of how it works, and I see I have all reasons to believe that it will work fine. But it's a short time. And we also have pushed the envelope here a little beyond what has been done in the past. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#been #believe #beyond #done #envelope

Death, is a beautiful conclusion to these short stories, that which we have so interestingly entitled, lives. ↗

— Kiar

#conclusion #death #lives #short-stories #beauty

I'm either on the cusp of greatness or the edge of insanity. ↗

— Meb Bryant

#short-story #short-story

This town of churches and dreams; this town I thought I would lose myself in, with its backward ways and winding roads leading to nowhere; but, I found myself instead. -Magic in the Backyard (excerpt from American Honey) ↗

— Kellie Elmore

#country #finding-yourself #inspiring #journey #literature

I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life there, although I was evacuated a couple of times for short periods. My schooling was very interrupted, both by frequent moves and by ill health. ↗

— Anne Perry

#before #born #both #couple #england

You know, the world is all about balance. You lose something here... maybe somebody else picks it up over there. ↗

— Natasha Larry

#short-stories #young-adult-fantasy #attitude