#ted

I waited a long time to have children because I had this career that was kind of like my kid, it required as much nurturing. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#career #children #had #i #kid

I retire with a smile on my face, in good health, and ready to spend autumns at my kids' games instead of my own. I'm excited to start the next chapter of my life. ↗

— Drew Bledsoe

#excited #face #games #good #good health

Fairly early in my career, I had a passion for wine just as a consumer, and I started to learn about the whole process, starting with a piece of raw ground, and ending up with a work of art in a bottle. ↗

— Drew Bledsoe

#art #bottle #career #consumer #early

I've written thousands of stories, started hundreds of news cycles. ↗

— Matt Drudge

#hundreds #i #news #started #stories

When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner in a minor key. ↗

— Carla Bley

#band #banner #bus #elected #france

We started seven years ago and finally released our first vintage in March. It's an '07 vintage from Walla Walla, which is my old hometown. It also happens to be a world-class wine region that's just exploding on the scene right now. ↗

— Drew Bledsoe

#also #exploding #finally #first #happens

I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener. ↗

— Carla Bley

#best #end #every #gallery #got

My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#being #came #carl #formal #gave

Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#even #fantastic #glove #golden #hadn

I've been thinking about the distorted view of science that prevails in our culture. I've been wondering about this, because our civilization is completely dependent on science and high technology, yet most of us are alienated from science. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#alienated #because #been #civilization #completely