#ted

I definitely got to a point where I realize how unusual it is to be able to play large, sold-out shows 30 years into a rock and roll career. I don't take it for granted. ↗

— Adam Clayton

#career #definitely #got #granted #how

I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't. ↗

— Adam Clayton

#chosen #fascinated #girlfriends #had #i

There are two types of collector, I think. There are those who are quite academic, and get into the archaeology of finding the earliest example of a particular idea. Then there are those interested in what's new. ↗

— Adam Clayton

#archaeology #collector #earliest #example #finding

I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to come and go to junior college for a year. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#came #college #come #come and go #cousin

I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#claustrophobic #domestic #domestic life #domesticated #find

My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#am #because #books #changing #constant

I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#i #i love #love #sophisticated #unnecessary

I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work. ↗

— Joseph Fiennes

#because #behavior #fascinated #feeds #human

You never can take for granted that you have a job. ↗

— Benjamin Walker

#job #never #take #take for granted #you

When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in finding out what a word means, because it's the punch line to a joke. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#finding #going #interest #joke #kid