#sm

When I pick up the ball and it feels nice and light and small I know I'm going to have a good day. But if I picked it up and it's big and heavy, I know I'm liable to get into a little trouble. ↗

— Bob Feller

#big #day #feels #get #going

I told you in the course of this paper that Shakespeare had a sister; but do not look for her in Sir Sidney Lee's life of the poet. She died young--alas, she never wrote a word. She lies buried where the omnibuses now stop, opposite the Elephant and Castle. Now my belief is that this poet who never wrote a word and was buried at the crossroads still lives. She lives in you and in me, and in many other women who are not here tonight, for they are washing up the dishes and putting the children to bed. But she lives; for great poets do not die; they are continuing presences; they need only the opportunity to walk among us in the flesh. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#dignity #dreams #empowerment #equality #feminism

We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism in public life. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#altruism #build #celebrity #cooperation #democratic

I love giving gifts and I love receiving them. I really like giving little kids extravagant gifts. You see their little faces light up and they get excited. If it's a really good gift, I love receiving it, like jewels, small islands. ↗

— Gina Gershon

#excited #extravagant #faces #get #gift

The higher someone's profile, the easier it is for a defendant to trade him up to the feds. Mr. Big is always a better catch than Mr. Small. ↗

— Howie Carr

#better #big #catch #defendant #easier

Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control. ↗

— Freddy Fender

#birth #birth control #control #feel #i

It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us. ↗

— Karl Urban

#around #end #go #good #here

I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They tailored the role to me: I wanted to be smart, funny, and to kick some ass. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#belonged #bowl #buddha #down #female

I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself. ↗

— Johnny Carson

#drinking #food #gave #healthy #himself

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day. ↗

— Angela Carter

#been #carrying #day #declared #doctor