#twenty

I started writing one afternoon when I was twenty, and ever since then I have written every day. At first I had to force myself. Then it became part of my identity, and I did it without thinking. ↗

— David Sedaris

#became #day #did #ever #every

Then I think the sense of it being one community breaks down; but if you know instantly and respond within twenty-four hours, it's a very different sort of situation. ↗

— Peter Singer

#breaks #community #different #different sort #down

In some ways I think it would be very dignified if I went away for twenty years and then wrote my fourth book. ↗

— Curtis Sittenfeld

#book #dignified #fourth #i #i think

I don't think a manager should be judged by whether he wins the pennant, but by whether he gets the most out of the twenty-five men he's been given. ↗

— Chuck Tanner

#gets #given #i #judged #manager

At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary. ↗

— Allen Tate

#commentary #determined #gets #honor #i

Twenty years ago, you'd see guys busting rackets in locker rooms. Today they do it in their hotel rooms. ↗

— Brad Gilbert

#busting #guys #hotel #hotel rooms #locker

He was twenty. I remembered twenty. I'd known everything at twenty. It took me another year to realize I knew nothing. I was still hoping to learn something before I hit thirty, but I wasn't holding my breath. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#learning #twenty #knowledge

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent. ↗

— George Canning

#asking #bottoms #cent #clap #commerce

For me, what I really want to come out of it is to show people that I can hold together a movie, be the number one character and play someone who is twenty or twenty-one. ↗

— Kaley Cuoco

#come #hold #i #i can #me

I think I have between twenty and thirty commercials playing at present. ↗

— Thayer David

#commercials #i #i think #playing #present