#very

Every generation of children has its private hero. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#every #generation #hero #private

I myself am pathetically impressed when I meet writers of very long novels. How can they spend so many hundreds of hours at the miserable, lonely pastime of creating fiction? ↗

— Arthur Smith

#creating #fiction #hours #how #hundreds

The Bible has no doubt had much influence in its time, but it provides very few laughs. None, in fact. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#doubt #fact #few #had #in fact

The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#different #elegant #every #every time #moon

When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#came #captain #doing #eight #everyone

When synchronised swimming first appeared on TV, we laughed very heartily, and I, for one, applauded the decision to introduce humour into the Olympics. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#applauded #decision #first #heartily #humour

My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#her #i #me #model #mother

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#frightening #important #lack #part #perspective

Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion. ↗

— Brooke Shields

#birth #birth control #control #could #ever

Everybody who served in John Kerry's boat under his command, save one, has stood with him. ↗

— Mark Shields

#command #everybody #him #his #john