#ten

People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#appointed #day #elected #every #every day

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#been #begin #casualty #first #lie

When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die. ↗

— Lillian Smith

#asking #asking questions #die #learning #listening

You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do. ↗

— Liz Smith

#intend #reputation #you

How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten? ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#being #eat #eaten #enough #escaped

It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks. ↗

— Dana Torres

#body #difficult #extremely #i #intense

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. ↗

— King Solomon

#countenance #heart #maketh #merry

Mia bows dramatically. “Welcome, kind Sir. Princess Mia has been awaiting your presence. ↗

— K.A. Tucker

#j-a-tucker #mia-trent #ten-tiny-breaths #funny

I would practice while listening to records or learn from musicians who were better than I was. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#i #learn #listening #musicians #practice

I am not disputing the need for this money. What I am disputing and calling attention to is the fact that we are taking the tab for defense in our time against terrorists in the Middle East and elsewhere and shoving this tab off onto our children. ↗

— John Spratt

#am #attention #calling #children #defense