#try

I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying. ↗

— Anita Diament

#explaining #fiction #got #historical #historical fiction

November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays. ↗

— Anita Diament

#around #authors #book #books #centers

A day away from Tallulah is like a month in the country. ↗

— Howard Dietz

#country #day #like #month

I failed chemistry. I almost failed algebra. ↗

— Taye Diggs

#almost #chemistry #failed #i

About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#axe #axes #blunt #equally #impossible

We're trying to get good pictures. Don't worry very much about what I say. ↗

— Bob Dole

#get #good #i #much #pictures

I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of my government. ↗

— Jean Claude Duvalier

#deep #express #feel #government #i

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

— Rita Dove

#distilled #language #most #most powerful #powerful

All the conductor has to do is stand back and try not to get in the way. Mozart is doing all the work. ↗

— Colin R. Davis

#conductor #doing #get #mozart #stand

I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's only one Cal Ripken, one Lou Gehrig and one Joe DiMaggio. What is good for them isn't necessarily good for Eric Davis. ↗

— Eric Davis

#better now #cal #certain #certain things #davis