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Or if I have my head in the results, I can't work with what I have, because I'm trying to force something to happen. And with singing, any time you force it, you tighten up. If you tighten up, you're screwed, nothing will work. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#because #force #happen #head #i

We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers. ↗

— Theresa May

#crime #fighters #form #getting #officers

If God hadn't rested on Sunday, He would have had time to finish the world. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#god #had #hadn #rested #sunday

In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That's the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#believe #commitment #contrast #difference #entire

People spend a lifetime thinking about how they would really like to live. I asked my friends and no one seems to know very clearly. To me it's very clear now. I wish my life could have been like the years when I was writing 'Love in the Time of Cholera.' ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#asked #been #cholera #clear #clearly

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience. ↗

— Don Marquis

#guy #had #much #never #optimist

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing. ↗

— Don Marquis

#bartender #before #by the time #drink #else

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint. ↗

— Don Marquis

#cloud #difficult #every #get #lining

But the most important test is to take them on tour and see if you can bear to spend time with them. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#important #most #see #spend #take

The piano is the X factor. People have a tough time following the structures when there's no piano there, spelling it out. It makes it more easily understood, particularly to people who don't know as much about music. ↗

— Branford Marsalis

#easily #factor #following #know #makes