#um

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness. ↗

— George Borrow

#been #dreary #escape #idleness #itself

We could spend time together during the day and just kind of talk and enjoy each other and enjoy the moment. But it was interesting we both knew that once you walk through the gates of that stadium, then it was on, the game was on. ↗

— Ralph Boston

#could #day #during #each #enjoy

As an artist, you dream about accumulating enough successful music to someday do just one greatest-hits album, but to reach the point where you're releasing your second collection of hits is beyond belief. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#album #artist #belief #beyond #collection

I've been offered a lot of things that celebrities do that I wouldn't do, like perfumes, lines of clothing and this, that and the other. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#celebrities #clothing #i #like #lines

To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation. ↗

— Gloria Estefan

#daunting #effect #everything #her #him

The material particle nature of primary cosmic radiation has been confirmed, although the processes turned out to be extraordinarily more complicated than we had assumed. ↗

— Walther Bothe

#assumed #been #complicated #confirmed #cosmic

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#authors #because #books #booksellers #destination

The Arab-Israeli conflict is also in many ways a conflict about status: it's a war between two peoples who feel deeply humiliated by the other, who want the other to respect them. Battles over status can be even more intractable than those over land or water or oil. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#also #battles #between #conflict #deeply

I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own. ↗

— Matthew Bourne

#also #dummy #find #i #life

Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit. ↗

— Joe Eszterhas

#cigarettes #habit #human #human behaviour #part