#sitting

The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill. ↗

— Jon Huntsman, Jr.

#city #country #hill #inspires #miles

Our house was bombed, and the roof fell in. We were sitting under the stairs of the basement, and we were quite safe, but it brought home the realization. In two nights 400 people were killed in small town. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#bombed #brought #fell #home #house

The only thing I'd ever done with news was to read copy sitting at the microphone in the studio. ↗

— Ed Bradley

#done #ever #i #microphone #news

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping. ↗

— Benjamin Britten

#composer #having #idea #night #nighttime

I think some people think that being on television makes you a sitting duck, but you have the right to remain private. ↗

— Amanda Burton

#duck #i #i think #makes #people

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race when the time was right. ↗

— Laura Bush

#get #governors #into #know #lot

There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows. ↗

— Russell Crowe

#cows #like #nothing #sitting #talking

I'm a history buff, and right now we're sitting on one of the most dramatic historical shifts that this planet has ever seen and we have a front row seat for it. ↗

— James Daly

#dramatic #ever #front #historical #history

I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat. ↗

— Mac Davis

#elvis #fun #gang #having #having fun

For me, writing is 75 percent procrastinating and 25 percent actually sitting down and working. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#down #me #percent #sitting #working