#takes

There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke. ↗

— Herman Melville

#call #certain #his #joke #life

The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#confirmed #does #establishment #even #experiment

People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds. ↗

— Pat Metheny

#become #fan #five #jazz #long

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#discipline #dramatic #hard #hard work #i

We want to be funny. We want to make people laugh... We'll do whatever it takes. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#laugh #make #people #takes #want

True change takes place in the imagination. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#imagination #place #takes #true

It is perhaps both a blessing and a curse that fictional worlds spring into my mind nearly fully formed and it takes quite a while to sift through everything to find the story. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#both #curse #everything #fictional #find

Making a movie requires 20 to 500 people to make and a lot of money and the stakes are a lot higher. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#lot #make #making #money #movie

Any political system can commit mistakes and any state can commit mistakes. What is most important is to acknowledge these mistakes and put them right as soon as possible and put those behind them into account, bring them to account. ↗

— Hosni Mubarak

#acknowledge #any #behind #bring #commit

Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#love #love is #takes