#told

There were things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them, and let them hurt me. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#heart-ache #hurt #untold-things #heartache

When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#doctor #had #i #me #scared

I had no idea I could make it this far. And the fact that they told me I made it this far and that America is going to vote for me, I freaked out. ↗

— Casey Abrams

#could #fact #far #freaked #going

In basic training we had been told to watch out for Japanese spies. ↗

— Jack Adams

#been #had #japanese #out #spies

Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible. George Clooney told me actors get all of the blame and all the credit. ↗

— Ben Affleck

#blame #clooney #credit #entirely #george

The time I'm not spending with my kid has to be worth it, so when I sat down with my agents after I was ready to go back to work, I told them: It's all about the directors. ↗

— Jessica Alba

#after #agents #back #directors #down

My parents were horrified when I told them I wanted to be an author. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#horrified #i #parents #them #told

I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#detail #every #full #given #i

In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.' ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#because #come #dad #dated #go

Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#either #good #good opinion #him #his