#sty

After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book. ↗

— Iris Chang

#afterwards #asked #because #book #emphasized

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#drink #entire #faith #finish #glass

Adopting a new healthier lifestyle can involve changing diet to include more fresh fruit and vegetables as well as increasing levels of exercise. ↗

— Linford Christie

#adopting #changing #exercise #fresh #fruit

It was a mystery to me, how the tuning was, or the style seemed to come out of nowhere, it obviously had roots in America going way back, there was nothing like it for me I'd ever seen before. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#back #before #come #ever #going

Strength instead of being the lusty child of passion, grows by grappling with and subduing them. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#child #grappling #grows #instead #lusty

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#adjust #bathroom #best #his #honesty

The hardest thing to do in movies is be a day-part player. You have to go in, make your mark, and get out. There's a lot of leading actors who are not good for a lot of a movie, and then suddenly they have good moments, and they're like stepping-stones across a particularly feisty stream. They build careers out of that. ↗

— Brian Cox

#build #careers #feisty #get #go

My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things. ↗

— Kate Clinton

#expect #family #got #know #like

I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money. ↗

— Gary Coleman

#care #dinners #facial #i #lifestyle

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#complicated things #saying #simple #simple way #style