#take

One of the most important things that I have learned in my 57 years is that life is all about choices. On every journey you take, you face choices. At every fork in the road, you make a choice. And it is those decisions that shape our lives. ↗

— Mike DeWine

#choice #choices #decisions #every #face

A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent. ↗

— Alice Stone Blackwell

#any #ascent #feeling #finds #guide

I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#arabic #certain #i #i can #i do

I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that. ↗

— Otis Blackwell

#artist #back #best #figured #get

I had a jeep made up for Michael, and he would take it on tour, and he would hide behind it, like a curtain. ↗

— Rick Dees

#curtain #had #hide #i #like

I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time to look around, you can see that, then you can put it all together and tell the story. ↗

— Desmond Dekker

#around #different #different things #every #every time

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that. ↗

— Desmond Dekker

#around #everyday #everyday life #happening #hear

Television is more of a business. You can't take as many risks, because there's so many channels now, and the advertising's dropping. ↗

— Dana Delany

#because #business #channels #dropping #many

I make these little films. I'm just a working person. I just study people a little bit more. It's more sociological, and it's funny anyway - not that serious. It's not like false humility. I just take it for what it is. ↗

— Julie Delpy

#bit #false #films #funny #humility

Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her. ↗

— Tony Blair

#goes #her #his #minor #nuclear