#stood

Vincente understood all too well what was happening to Liza; he had gone through it 40 years earlier with my mother. ↗

As I stood there absorbing Hammett's novel, the slot machines at the back of the shop were clanking and whirring, and in the billiard room upstairs the perpetual poker game was being played. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

#being #game #i #machines #novel

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#deal #enthusiasts #ever #how #other

I've flown across America, I've scaled fences, I've stood under windows and gone out of my way hundreds of times. I'm a hopeless romantic. There's no hope for me. ↗

— Joel Madden

#america #fences #flown #gone #hope

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. ↗

— James Madison

#cannot #choice #incoherent #laws #little

This time, I took it easier. I stood up before it so as not to crash again. ↗

— Hermann Maier

#before #crash #easier #i #stood

I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most. ↗

— John Major

#i #many #most #much #parents

I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy. ↗

— Zayn Malik

#bad #bad boy #bit #boy #i

I'm not driven by being understood. ↗