#ten

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people. ↗

— Judy Garland

#few #i #just #love #man

I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#back #call #came #canadian #combat

The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfilment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall. ↗

— Helen Garner

#began #easily #fall #fell #fulfilment

Now, I - for several years while I was researching this book, I felt quite obsessed by thoughts about sentencing, punishment, how judges arrive at their decisions. ↗

— Helen Garner

#arrive #book #decisions #felt #how

I have always been drawn to child-related causes. I find that people listen to me more when I advocate for children now that I have my own. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#always #been #causes #children #drawn

Also, as I've gotten older and more mature, I've become much more comfortable in my own skin. After 25 years of doing stand-up, that's reflected onstage. ↗

— Janeane Garofalo

#also #become #comfortable #doing #gotten

I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do. ↗

— Tom Stoppard

#get #half #i #i write #into

When I'm trusting and being myself as fully as possible, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#being myself #easily #everything #falling #fully

I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#leave #never #paragraph #satisfied #sentence

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best. ↗