#sit

She would sit by herself in the middle of the old stoe amphitheatre, with the sky's starry vault overhead, and simply listen to the great silence around her. ↗

— Michael Ende

#great #great silence #her #herself #listen

I believe that ultimately the situation in Kosovo can only be resolved through self-determination. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#i #i believe #i believe that #kosovo #only

Sometimes it is better to begin the journey, to get under way, then it is to sit back and wait until such time that you're convinced that all conditions are perfect and that there'll be no surprises along the route. ↗

— John Engler

#back #begin #better #conditions #convinced

I find more people want to eat a little less. My generation, we're all watching our figures. They want to go to the bar and eat a few snacks, have a couple of cocktails or glasses of wine, and go home. People don't sit down at the table and have a whole three or four courses. ↗

— Todd English

#cocktails #couple #courses #down #eat

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#great #great person #greater #less #makes

I have friends who've tried to break into the UK, who went back with their tails between their legs. Fortunately I've had the opposite experience. ↗

— Michael Bolton

#between #break #experience #fortunately #friends

It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do. ↗

— Garth Ennis

#characters #choose #could #find #i

It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it. ↗

— Garth Ennis

#because #being #books #bread #butter

Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and are entertained till they drop? If you have just answered, "A house guest," you're wrong because I have just described my kids. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#because #call #clean #described #dishes

Things have changed so much, with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone is so much more accessible these days: no British athlete has ever experienced what we are experiencing now. It's such a unique situation with the home Olympics. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#athlete #british #changed #days #ever