#th

The fate of the singers who, like my songs, went up in flame was also the fate of the books which I later wrote. All of them went up in flame to Heaven in a fire which broke out one night at my home in Bad Homburg as I lay ill in a hospital. ↗

— Shmuel Y. Agnon

#bad #books #broke #fate #fire

When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I certainly received according to the nature of my soul. ↗

— Shmuel Y. Agnon

#began #book #came #certainly #combine

I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker. ↗

— Terry Gilliam

#better #bomb #bombs #cartoonist #cartoons

Washington and Jefferson were both rich Virginia planters, but they were never friends. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#friends #jefferson #never #planters #rich

The Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins was founded and directed by Tom Pollard, an engaging young scientist with remarkable energy and enthusiasm. ↗

— Peter Agre

#cell #department #directed #energy #engaging

Basically, what I'm saying is there is nothing fake about what I do. I'm up-front, I'm real, I'm honest and I'm open with my feelings. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#basically #fake #feelings #honest #i

Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#being #bigger #both #both sides #criticized

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world. ↗

— Ginger Baker

#american government #corrupt #government #i #i think

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#art form #being #burlesque #comes #form

I hate working out - I have to mentally push myself through it. I can get very whiny, saying things like, 'I can't do it!' ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#hate #i #i can #like #mentally