#ten

Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#big #birthdays #concert #every #had

I liked pretending to be other people: I could reinvent myself, reinvent my own reality. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#i #liked #my own #myself #other

Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#grateful #likely #made #men #most

Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#before #books #day #most #overnight

Hey, a guy can hope. I mean, it’s not impossible that a car full of scantily clad sorority girls might break down outside and need my help.” “That’s true,” I said. “Maybe I can put a sign out front that says, ‘ATTENTION ALL GIRLS: FREE HELP HERE.’” “‘ATTENTION ALL HOT GIRLS,’” he corrected, straightening up. “Right,” I said, trying not to roll my eyes. “That’s an important distinction.” He pointed at me with the pool stick. “Speaking of hot, I like that uniform.” This time, I did roll my eyes. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#attention

I was not put on this earth to listen to meat! ↗

— Dana Snyder

#i #listen #meat #put

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content, but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#dreams #dreams

For the first time, she did want more. She did not know what she wanted, knew that it was dangerous and that she should rest content with what she had, but she knew an emptiness deep inside her, which began to ache. ↗

— Iain Pears

#contentment #desires #dreams #longing #dreams

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. ↗

— Daniel Webster

#often #powerful #strange #truth

I have run large organizations, I know what it takes to create a healthy business climate, and I have more experience than Jerry Brown doing that. So it'll be a stark contrast, a career politician vs. someone who has met a payroll, gotten a return on investment, knows how to use technology to do more with less. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#business #career #climate #contrast #create