#uf

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#becomes #burns #famous #him #man

The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#dangerous #dangers #fishermen #found #know

I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#both #cannot #create #god #greater

I've learned that I want what I deny. I want someone who is crazy about me, who treats me like a princess. I want the picture-perfect fairy tale stuff. ↗

— Selena Gomez

#crazy #deny #fairy #fairy tale #i

I'm really getting to appreciate traditional jazz now - the New Orleans stuff - a lot more than I did before. ↗

— John Goodman

#before #did #getting #i #jazz

I feel very confident that that information should be sufficient for the members of the Senate to make an informed decision about John Roberts' qualifications. ↗

— Alberto Gonzales

#confident #decision #feel #i #i feel

My wife and I have been together since 1986. I graduated in '86 and she graduated in '88. We began dating when she was 17. Actually she turned 18 when we started kissing and stuff. ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#been #began #dating #graduated #i

Like, every couple of months you read, they rewrite, you come back in, they've animated more stuff - they usually videotape you while you're reading it - so they'll incorporate some gestures and some facial expressions into it. ↗

— John Goodman

#back #come #couple #every #expressions

When Texans suffered from the collapse of the oil market in the 1980s, they could rely on the fiscal union to help them. When Texas boomed with rising oil prices in the 2000s, it contributed to the union to help harder hit regions. ↗

— Austan Goolsbee

#contributed #could #fiscal #harder #help

But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open. ↗

— Genevieve Gorder

#get #instead #lot #more #neighbors