#vin

A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence. ↗

— Richard Russo

#always #am #ancient #asked #assigned

About 15 years ago I went though a period of a year or so when I just couldn't find anything good. My wife noticed I was having trouble reading menus. I bought some cheap reading glasses in a drug store. I got home and suddenly all these books that weren't good were good. ↗

— Richard Russo

#ago #anything #books #bought #cheap

President Obama is the kind of politician who puts promises on the record, and then calls that the record. But we are four years into this presidency.The issue is not the economy as Barack Obama inherited it, not the economy as he envisions it, but this economy as we are living it. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#barack obama #calls #economy #four #inherited

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much. ↗

— George Savile

#anything #enough #hardly #having #much

But most of my songs were about believing in yourself, standing up for yourself and fighting for what you believe in. ↗

— Dee Snider

#believe #believing #fighting #most #songs

Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don't see it, eventually, it's not like it's not going to happen, but it's just that there needs to be a balance. ↗

— Zoe Saldana

#balance #because #censorship #children #eventually

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world. ↗

— J. D. Salinger

#agony #created #did #gall #god

It's not easy to retire at 31. In one respect I was glad I was done. But after a few years of having fun, I got a little restless. When you're 33, 34, and you don't have a focus, you can get kind of lost. As a man, you feel a little bit unfulfilled. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#bit #done #easy #feel #few

I've always believed in having a sense of balance and stealth. ↗

— Patti Smith

#balance #believed #having #i #sense

I admire them for making their way up and opening new opportunities for other Latin newcomers. Latinos have come a long way and the roles and opportunities just seem to be improving. ↗

— Roselyn Sanchez

#come #i #improving #just #latin