#si

My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#dominated #family #father #mother #passionate

I came down to the living room one day and my wife was standing in the living room. It wasn't an illusion. I saw her out of the corner of my eye. The moment I saw her, she vanished. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#corner #day #down #eye #her

We were married for almost 45 years. We fought all the time, it wasn't a great love or anything, it wasn't a great, all-consuming passion. She was just there. A lot of people were startled because we didn't seem devoted but we were. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#anything #because #devoted #fought #great

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#boxing #brings #instinct #killer #necessarily

I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it. ↗

— Lisa Leslie

#because #being #church #enjoy #every

To sing a simple round is truly an enlightening experience. ↗

— Phil Lesh

#experience #round #simple #sing #truly

I think we lost a great deal of sympathy and support with the way in which the crisis was handled, most importantly I think when we appeared to be grasping for too much at one time instead of identifying our priorities in a much more responsible fashion. ↗

— Billy Tauzin

#crisis #deal #fashion #grasping #great

I do have a sense, and I've never not had it, of how easily things can vanish. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#had #how #i #i do #never

I do not think writers ought ever to sit down and think they must write about some cause, or theme, or something. If they write about their own experiences, something true is going to emerge. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#cause #down #emerge #ever #experiences

I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#i #i am #optimism #pessimism #story