#til

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful. ↗

— Rita Dove

#distilled #language #most #most powerful #powerful

The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#lesson #make #mistakes #still #you

I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#any #beauty #character #character actress #confidence

Perhaps we should wait until his second term begins before carving Barack Obama's face in Mount Rushmore. Is that asking too much? ↗

— Ron Fournier

#barack #before #begins #carving #face

I was never really sure what I wanted to do - I'm in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are. ↗

— Jerry Doyle

#awe #brain #did #i #knew

When the ideas are coming, I don't stop until the ideas stop because that train doesn't come along all the time. ↗

— Dr. Dre

#because #come #coming #i #ideas

What I'm saying is simply that every totalitarian society, no matter how strict, has had its underground. In fact, two undergrounds. There's the underground involved in political resistance and the underground involved in preserving beauty and fun--which is to say, preserving the human spirit. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#still-life-with-woodpecker #tom-robbins #totalitarianism #beauty

I hate all hitters. I start a game mad and I stay that way until it's over. ↗

— Don Drysdale

#hate #hitters #i #mad #over

I still feel like I haven't grown up. ↗

— David Duchovny

#grown #haven #i #like #still

Willie Mays was the best ever. When I was in college I once made a catch like the one Mays made over his head. Sometimes when I'm lying in bed at night I think about it. It still makes me warm. ↗

— David Duchovny

#bed #best #catch #college #ever