#vera

Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work! ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#guess #i #i write #love #much

They said their sufferings were great on the passage, and several of their number had died. ↗

— Lewis Tappan

#great #had #number #passage #said

If you take the creation of music and the creation of your own life values as your overall goal, then living becomes a musical process. ↗

— Cecil Taylor

#creation #goal #life #living #music

I get 0.5 seconds to react to a ball, sometimes even less than that. I can't be thinking of what XYZ has said about me. I need to surrender myself to my natural instincts. My subconscious mind knows exactly what to do. It is trained to react. At home, my family doesn't discuss media coverage. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#ball #conscious mind #coverage #discuss #even

Oh, I just want what we all want: a comfortable couch, a nice beverage, a weekend of no distractions and a book that will stop time, lift me out of my quotidian existence and alter my thinking forever. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#beverage #book #comfortable #couch #distractions

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#give #perseverance #priceless #self-esteem #shape

We went for the best overall feel on each song. There are no musical overdubs at all. It's a true live record; it's one of the few true live records out there. ↗

— Ben Harper

#each #feel #few #live #musical

But, if you don't like your current Rx coverage or don't have any coverage to begin with, you'll now have the choice to add this new affordable option to your current Medicare plan. ↗

— Dennis Hastert

#affordable #any #begin #choice #coverage

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance. ↗

— Lou Holtz

#find #going #making #perseverance #sacrifice

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#brute #experience #instinct #instructed #minds