#tin

Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home. ↗

— Philip Levine

#because #extraordinary #home #i #i think

A plain sock by itself is terribly boring, but it could score points by having a clever stitch pattern, or maybe by being made out of a very beautiful yarn that's an enchantment to work with. (Sadly, it is still infuriatingly true that being beautiful without being clever is almost worth more points than being clever without being beautiful, but such are the rules of life and knitting-they are cruel, but there anyway). ↗

— Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

#beauty

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? ↗

— Stephen Levine

#could #die #going #had #make

What would you say? And why are you waiting? ↗

— Stephen Levine

#waiting #why #would #you

What I end up shooting is the situation. I shoot the composition and my subject is going to help the composition or not. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#end #going #help #i #shoot

My kind of gay, meeting a woman and falling in love, is a different experience because it wasn't anything about 'Oh, I've always been gay and I'm breaking the chains.' ↗

— Carol Leifer

#always #anything #because #been #breaking

Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#growing #growing up #hollywood #house #just

I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#audience #audience member #casually #exciting #find

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#because #brought #i #kid #kind

It's very exciting to work with people who inspire you. ↗

— Jennifer Jason Leigh

#inspire #people #very #who #work