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I've never felt like I was born with a silver spoon at all, although I've felt like howling at the moon a lot of times! ↗

— Van Morrison

#born #felt #howling #i #i was born

I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert or whatever, every second is worthwhile. ↗

— Viggo Mortensen

#been #desert #every #every second #felt

I wake up early. At 6:30 A.M., I'm at my most optimistic. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#i #most #optimistic #up #wake

At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to be published. You had to be great. Now you can be good. Mediocre. And that's good. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#black #good #great #had #mediocre

Like most guys, I've always liked watches. I can always check the time on my phone, but having a watch is so much better. ↗

— Andy Murray

#better #check #guys #having #i

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect. ↗

— Miyamoto Musashi

#does #enemy #expect #knowing #timing

The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

#birth #bound #decadence #empires #fate

In '75, the year both A Chorus Line and Chicago hit Broadway, my head spun around and I became the ultimate theater queen for life. ↗

— Michael Musto

#became #both #broadway #chicago #chorus

It's more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery. ↗

— Rafael Nadal

#depends #difficult #grass #how #lottery

There's a lot of peer pressure to not do positive stories out of Iraq... I think there's a sense that the administration got a pass during the hot days of war and now that the war is over it's time to even out the deck somewhat. ↗

— Jerry Nachman

#days #deck #during #even #got