#two

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#leisure #man #means #two

I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee! ↗

— William Blake

#befall #call #days #happy #i

I began to ask two questions while I was reading a book that excited me: not only what was going to happen next, but how is this done? How is it that these words on the page make me feel the way I'm feeling? This is the line of inquiry that I think happens in a child's mind, without him even knowing he has aspirations as a writer. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#aspirations #began #book #child #done

It does seem really hard to get consumers to do the right thing. It is stupid that we use two tons of steel, glass, and plastic to haul our sorry selves to the shopping mall. It's stupid that we put water in plastic bottles in Fiji and ship it here. ↗

— John Doerr

#consumers #do the right thing #does #fiji #get

I got a call from the Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah had chosen Spanx as one of her favorite products in 2000. I had boxes of product in my apartment and I had two weeks notice that she was going to say she loved it on TV and I had no shipping department. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#boxes #call #chosen #department #favorite

In 1953 there were two ways for an Irish Catholic boy to impress his parents: become a priest or attend Notre Dame. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#become #boy #catholic #dame #his

In a network situation, a vice president, while he's shaving, can decide your history. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#history #network #president #shaving #situation

My training of cold-calling and everyone under the sun telling me no, and my keeping going, was a huge part of the first two years of Spanx. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#first #going #huge #keeping #me

I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry. ↗

— John Donne

#fools #i #i am #know #loving

It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes. ↗

— Richard Donner

#hackman #heroes #just #lifetime #thrill