#these

I'm not spitting in my own soup, I love having spent my life thinking about these things-but you don't have to know anything about his life, even though I've just written a biography! ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

#anything #biography #even #having #his

The Shakespeare that Shakespeare became is the name that's attached to these astonishing objects that he left behind. ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

#attached #became #behind #left #name

I cannot be silent when facing these evils against women and children. ↗

— Chen Guangcheng

#cannot #children #evils #facing #i

I notice when I'm on these trips, I read like mad. It's the only thing that seems to center me, bring me back to remembering who I am. Or forgetting who I am! ↗

— Judith Guest

#back #bring #center #forgetting #i

I prefer to bring these to the service of story rather than to let them replace narrative. ↗

— James Gunn

#i #narrative #prefer #rather #replace

It always annoys me when stars grumble about fans coming up to them in the street. I love it. These young stars today with all their airs and graces, they need to remember it is an honour and a privilege to make money from acting. How hard is it? ↗

— Larry Hagman

#acting #airs #always #annoys #coming

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping. ↗

— William Hague

#days #does #huge #normally #part

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

#conduct #fact #his #man #regards

I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids! ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#beach #city #college #contests #crazy

I can't read music. Instead, I'd do stuff inside the piano, do harmonics and all kinds of crazy things. They used to put me in these annual piano contests down at Long Beach City College, and two years in a row, I won first prize - out of like 5,000 kids! The judges were like, 'Very interesting interpretation!' I thought I was playing it right. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#beach #city #college #contests #crazy