#usual

Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death; they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#been #days #death #elderly #experience

Sometimes I get the start of a story from a memory, an anecdote, but that gets lost and is usually unrecognizable in the final story. ↗

— Alice Munro

#final #get #gets #i #lost

It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#corporate #fascinating #grips #growing #hear

Interviews are usually a follow-up, like a press junket or a publicity junket, or something like that, and I'm not doing any of that right now. I don't have any axes to grind. ↗

— Michael Nesmith

#axes #doing #follow-up #grind #i

There's a certain logic to systems, and that logic is fairly self-evident. It's very straightforward, usually. It might take a little research, it might take a little bit of industry to prize it out, but it's there to be seen. ↗

— Michael Nesmith

#certain #fairly #industry #little #little bit

It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are there to see the Pleased, I usually don't tell them about the harp. I am nervous that these people will expect something similar. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#am #different #expect #harp #i

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#am #astaire #cast #clear #feel

I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#go #i #pastor #reverend #usually

Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance and in life, to breathe deeply and to take in more air than we usually take in. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#aware #breathe #dance #deeply #i

Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism. ↗

— George Orwell

#always #class #hatred #internationalism #stronger