#things

The only thing that's changed is the competitiveness of the series. It's only become harder to win in our series as the years have gone by. Competition breeds good things, and that's what's happened here. ↗

— Al Unser

#breeds #changed #competition #competitiveness #gone

Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them. ↗

— Edward James Olmos

#discipline #i #i love #love #myself

When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant I didn't have any time. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#i #i quit #meant #quit #said

A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#minister #must #prime #prime minister #promise

The world is blessed most by men who do things, and not by those who merely talk about them. ↗

— James Oliver

#blessed #men #merely #most #talk

To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#against #bones #comes #depends #go

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#begins #duty #feelings #i #i love

I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#begin #does #few #finally #get

I have a notion that if you are going to be spiritually curious, you better not get cluttered up with too many material things. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#cluttered #curious #get #going #i

I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#even #i #know #later #me