#the

Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#alive #because #committed #companionship #had

You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#crap #get #good #gradually #i

A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#children #clothes #drunkard #eat #give

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#aristocratic #atmosphere #common #common sense #live

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents. ↗

— Jane D. Hull

#child #day #end #end of the day #involvement

It seems as though there are Members in this body who want to filibuster just about everything we try to do, whether it is stopping judicial nominations, the Energy bill, or this Medicare bill. ↗

— Jim Bunning

#bill #body #energy #energy bill #everything

To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity. ↗

— Basil Bunting

#appreciate #conditions #present #them #those

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together? ↗

— LeVar Burton

#come #concern #division #how #politics

There's something quite exciting when you have a history with somebody and you see them do new and different things. ↗

— Tim Burton

#different things #exciting #history #new #quite

Even if I went off to some other career, I hope I would still be doing Coen films. ↗