#tart

The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling. ↗

— Jim Harrison

#acknowledged #calling #day #had #house

I didn't feel that running away would change anything but when the roof of the garage started coming off I thought it was time to go. ↗

— John Harrison

#away #change #coming #feel #garage

There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful. ↗

— Lena Headey

#broken #chance #control #especially #exciting

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#confidence #defeated #even #life #race

I voted against the climate-change legislation. Not that I don't believe we should move to a clean-energy economy, and it can be good for South Dakota's economy to do so, but it was started out as a very partisan bill in the committee. ↗

— Stephanie Herseth

#believe #bill #committee #dakota #economy

I started working at Apple about 18 months after I bought my Apple II. ↗

— Andy Hertzfeld

#after #apple #apple ii #bought #i

I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#already #artist #disciplined #drama #go

I was notified on July 17 to be ready to start August 7 for an October air date. When we reached the screen we did not have a single segment ready. It was done so fast the writers never got a chance to know what it was all about. ↗

— Jeffrey Hunter

#air #august #chance #date #did

But we got up there and decided to stick to this mix of power chords and funk and that's where it really started for us. In having the courage to take that decision. To take a gamble not just with our music but our lives. ↗

— Michael Hutchence

#courage #decided #decision #funk #gamble

I went to my room and packed a change of clothes, got my banjo, and started walking down the road. Soon I found myself on the open highway headed east. ↗

— Burl Ives

#change #clothes #down #down the road #east