#us

I guess I'm kind of used to it because it's always been that way for me. ↗

— Carly Patterson

#because #been #guess #i #kind

I did pose for 'Black and White' magazine, a prestigious, artistic publication, several years ago... I did this as a piece of art and make no apologies for the creative decisions I've made as an artist in my 20-year career. ↗

— Andrea Thompson

#art #artist #artistic #black #black and white

The real business of life is trying to understand each other. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#each #life #other #real #trying

I've always tried to be conscious of how I represent women in my work. They don't have to be good or strong women, but they have to be complex. ↗

— Molly Parker

#complex #conscious #good #how #i

It was not just that Ross Macdonald taught us how to write; he did something much more, he taught us how to read, and how to think about life, and maybe, in some small, but mattering way, how to live. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#did #how #just #life #live

It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#bring #days #each #else #ever

Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake. ↗

— Bennie Thompson

#battle #course #into #men #men and women

I didn't have to say it. I just had to write it. It was painful enough. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#had #i #just #painful #say

I was on the Oprah Winfrey Show once. It was a really slow news day for Oprah, and there were several of us on 'cause none of us was sufficiently interesting by his or herself. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#day #herself #his #i #interesting

With so much at stake maybe I'll just leave now. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#just #leave #maybe #much #now