#ted

I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and well fed and having a great time. They thought these letters were brilliant and sent them to a newspaper. So I became a writer by accident. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#alive #became #brilliant #fed #great

So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#going #graduated #i #lawyer #military

Until I started doing standup, there were some very bleak days. ↗

— Larry David

#days #doing #i #some #standup

I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable. ↗

— Jeff Bingaman

#am #beyond #case #far #goes

But when I would see the surrogate, my first instinct, my first reaction would be jealousy, because she was doing what I wanted to do. ↗

— Cheryl Tiegs

#doing #first #i #instinct #jealousy

The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC. ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#bbc #binds #celebrate #enjoy #glue

So that when I came from Panama... my family was exiled in 1973 and they went to Miami. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#going #graduated #i #lawyer #military

I'm very interested, for instance, in music in education - getting young people not only to listen to, but participate in the music that I write. I consider this one of the most vital aspects of my work. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#consider #education #getting #i #i write

I think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio. ↗

— Ray Davies

#groups #i #i think #more #songwriting

I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it. ↗

— Larry Bird

#good #good lord #i #i can #like