#tend

And I have finally realized that, you know, it's not a given that my lifespan will accommodate my writing aspirations. It could be that it would take me 12 more books at six years each to get it - which means I would have to live to be 126. Which I fully intend to do, of course. ↗

— George Saunders

#aspirations #books #could #course #each

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else. ↗

— Solomon Schechter

#civilization #else #himself #his #i

There are a significant number of people who appreciate what we do, and most of them gravitate to Analog because this is where they can find it. The other magazines tend to share their audiences, which may result in each of them having a smaller market share. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

#appreciate #audiences #because #each #find

Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet. ↗

— Liev Schreiber

#adapts #because #easy #hamlet #hard

That religious earnestness forever tends toward fright and hence towards brittleness and inquisition is clear enough in mythology and history. ↗

— Thomas Howard

#earnestness #enough #forever #fright #hence

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia. ↗

— Shakira

#am #american #anyone #bother #colombia

I think things get a lot better after high school. I think the ones that struggle during that time tend to have better experiences after. ↗

— Molly Shannon

#better #during #experiences #get #high

When McGwire started the home run mania, attendance came back. The owners understood that the sudden spike in homers wasn't accidental. All baseball knew it. But baseball is run on money, and home runs meant money. Baseball turned a blind eye. ↗

— Gary Sheffield

#attendance #back #baseball #blind #blind eye

All civil rights and the right to hold office were to be extended to persons of any Christian denomination. ↗

— Roger Sherman

#christian #civil #civil rights #denomination #extended

We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#basic #basic human rights #constitution #deal #human