#tee

But haven't all ambitious people something of the monstrous about them? You, sir, for instance, if you will forgive me, are a little bit monstrous. ↗

— Mervyn Peake

#titus-groan #forgiveness

When I was a child I used to read books by Gerald Durrell, who founded Jersey Zoo. He had a job collecting animals for zoos and for a long time that is what I wanted to do. Later when I was a teenager I had a fantastic English teacher called Mrs. Stafford. Her enthusiasm made me decide to be a writer. ↗

— Melvin Burgess

#called #child #collecting #decide #english

I don't like being compared to anyone or being in a class with someone. I'm a teen actress and therefore I'm competing against Hilary Duff. We're different people like everyone else. ↗

— Amanda Bynes

#against #anyone #being #class #compared

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. ↗

— Herb Caen

#begins #bites #chew #cutting #first

There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#esteem #many #reasons #royal #royals

It is guaranteed to put all teeth on edge, including George Washington's, wherever they might be. ↗

— Vincent Canby

#george #guaranteed #including #might #put

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#choice #control #created #every #god

The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer. ↗

— Joyce Cary

#attached #car #engine #free #never

I do believe very much in movie as a one-man-show. I think that where I've watched movie go wrong, it's usually because the dread committee has been interfering with it. ↗

— John le Carre

#been #believe #committee #dread #go

My daughter, when she was a week old, was diagnosed with congenital heart disease. For the past thirteen years, she's had four major heart surgeries. She's a candidate for - and must have - heart replacement surgery in order to have a long life. ↗

— Nick Cassavetes

#daughter #diagnosed #disease #four #had