#us

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion. ↗

— Stendhal

#hideous #nothing #obsolete

They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going. I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#again #because #being #club #desired

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#i #like #many #meet #used

I was such a dangerous hitter I even got intentional walks during batting practice. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#dangerous #during #even #got #hitter

Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't. ↗

— Isaac Stern

#mozart #music #shows #soul #x-ray

You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not only gives President Obama a political cushion, but it could have a real world economic impact. ↗

— George Stephanopoulos

#been #confidence #could #country #cushion

When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics. ↗

— George Stephen

#basics #books #came #decided #did

Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch. ↗

— George Stephen

#bunch #contemporary #disparate #even #horror

Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too. ↗

— George Stephen

#horror #i #just #many #novel

The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks. ↗

— George Stephen

#already #because #before #benefit #blocks