#though

There came this point where I sat down with all my notebooks and I had to start to write, when I thought: this whole notion of writing for the person who understands nothing, the average reader... He has to die! I can't have him in my head. And so the person I started writing for was the homicide detective. ↗

— David Simon

#came #detective #die #down #had

My ex girlfriend and I go long periods of time without speaking to each other. And in between those extended stretches, we fill the time with silence.
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— Jarod Kintz

#bizarre #funny #humor #random #random-thought

Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now. ↗

— Knute Rockne

#even #leading #like #now #play

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better. ↗

— John D. Rockefeller

#bible #comes #each #lessons #make

When ATM machines came out and people were prosecuted for robbing ATM machines, I don't think anybody thought the banks were against technology because they didn't want their ATM machines lifted. ↗

— Hilary Rosen

#anybody #atm #banks #because #came

I knew that I was gay, I knew it. I just couldn't see myself as a gay woman, even though that's where my heart was. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#gay #heart #i #just #knew

Brother Colm is one of the best coaches who's ever been here in Kenya. He's been, of course, my coach since I started running. He saw me in high school when I was still doing 400, and 200 meters. He decided for me to join his club and we'd been training for one month. That is when he saw me and he thought I could do a good 800. ↗

— David Rudisha

#best #brother #club #coach #coaches

My plan was to land in Red Square, but there were too many people and I thought I'd cause casualties. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#cause #i #land #many #people

I always said to myself that the minute I thought I'd slipped, and not be the player I wanted to be, it was time for me to go. ↗

— Joe Sakic

#go #i #i always #me #minute

It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#misfortunes #mode #others #thought