#ted

At this point, I don't listen to other people too much. I'm not really that affected by anyone. ↗

— Mose Allison

#anyone #i #listen #much #other

When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room. ↗

— Woody Allen

#i #into #kidnapped #out #parents

I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in New Orleans. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#fiction #first #first time #historical #historical fiction

I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#i #invented #journalist #lousy #never

I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#i #interested #obstacles #overcome #people

But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about. ↗

— Luther Allison

#another #blues #created #did #i

Eventually I figured out there was something systematic in the way women are treated. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#figured #i #out #something #systematic

I have represented people in book deals. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#deals #i #people #represented

I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or not. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#finger #i #majority #official #popular

So much time is wasted on trying to be better than others. ↗

— Elijah Wood

#much #others #than #time #trying