#short

On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I remained on deck constantly, forcing myself to exercise. ↗

— John James Audubon

#constantly #deck #exercise #forcing #however

He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film. ↗

— Bille August

#amputated #considers #fanny #film #his

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#commonly #fairer #foulest #life #much

For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#me #much #novel #short #short story

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium. ↗

— Lynn Abbey

#century #dense #filled #helium #i

There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education. ↗

— Buzz Aldrin

#choices #comfort #education #health #immediate

The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime. ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

#considered #crime #drunk #excuse #fact

If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones are deep bass sounds. When it cut it at half speed, you're getting more of those on the record. ↗

— Herb Alpert

#cut #deep #edges #frequencies #getting

In the summer I wear shorts with a bright top and ankle boots or just sandals. I'll add a nice scarf, maybe a hat, some cool sunglasses. It's all about the accessories. ↗

— Alessandra Ambrosio

#accessories #add #ankle #boots #bright

I chose philosophy because it sounded like something I ought to be interested in. I didn't know anything about it, I didn't even know what it was talking about. What I really spent my time doing in those years was writing short stories. There were all sorts of interesting courses, but what I really wanted to do was make stories one way or another. ↗

— Wes Anderson

#another #anything #because #chose #courses