#tall

I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#believing #convenient #fundamentally #gradually #grew

Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it. ↗

— Loretta Young

#career #course #crystallized #determination #resume

I totally have no other talent and I would be totally out of work if I did anything else. ↗

— Neil Young

#did #else #i #other #out

I'm totally convinced I can write the perfect pop song. ↗

— Moon Unit Zappa

#i #i can #perfect #pop #pop song

See, unlike most hackers, I get little joy out of figuring out how to install the latest toy. ↗

— Jamie Zawinski

#get #hackers #how #i #install

If caregivers are not healthy, mentally well-balanced and spiritually sound, then those for whom they care will suffer. ↗

— Leeza Gibbons

#healthy #mentally #sound #spiritually #suffer

As a footballer I can't imagine life without the use of one of my legs... Sadly this is exactly what happens to thousands of children every year when they accidentally step on a landmine. ↗

— Ryan Giggs

#children #every #exactly #footballer #happens

When I lost my friends, it was because I had used the power of giving on them recklessly. I swept into their lives with my big fat checkbook, and I erased years of obstacles for them overnight - but sometimes, in the process, I also accidentally erased years of dignity. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#also #because #big #dignity #erased

In the Astronaut Office we're never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five years, things have changed and so it's been good to get back into the flow and relearn a lot of things. ↗

— Linda M. Godwin

#always #astronaut #back #been #changed

Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures. ↗

— Andy Goldsworthy

#after #building #came #collecting #day