#tea

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#comfort #help #i #i think #obviously

Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit if a history regarding Pakistan. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#beating #because #bit #history #pakistan

Here's the teaching point, if you're teaching kids about intelligence and policy: Intelligence does not absolve policymakers of responsibility to ask tough questions, and it doesn't absolve them of having curiosity about the consequences of their actions. ↗

— George Tenet

#absolve #actions #ask #consequences #curiosity

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#music #poetry #specificity #teaches #us

I get up at 5.30am, sluice myself and have two Weetabix and some mint tea, before starting to write by 6am. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#get #i #mint #myself #some

King consciously steered away from legal claims and instead relied on civil disobedience. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#civil #civil disobedience #claims #consciously #disobedience

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions. ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

#confidence #decisions #implicit #should #team

At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#competitions #could #credit #discover #english

I hate to speak about individuals. Players don't win you trophies, teams win trophies, squads win trophies. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#hate #i #individuals #players #speak

I don't say we are a defensive team. I say we are a strong team in defensive terms, but at the same time lacking sufficient fluidity in attack because that will take time to come. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#because #come #defensive #fluidity #i