#wi

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#empirically #finding #following #genius #inspiration

We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to work, we will do everything we can to help you. We will give you the training, we will give you the support, we will give you the advice to get you going and get you back at work. ↗

— David Cameron

#back #everything #get #give #going

Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore. ↗

— Thomas Campion

#more #never #sail #shore #willing

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ↗

— Elmer Davis

#free #home #land #long #nation

It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

#characters #deep #four #half #half hours

So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#close #closest #closest friend #death #died

People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show that only they can deal with. ↗

— Bruce Campbell

#deal #frail #get #horror #likely

I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan. ↗

— Eddie Campbell

#gives #him #i #i wish #interested

I want to do a record with Monica Lewinsky. ↗

— Luther Campbell

#lewinsky #monica #monica lewinsky #record #want

The Internet has exceeded our collective expectations as a revolutionary spring of information, news, and ideas. It is essential that we keep that spring flowing. We must not thwart the Internet's availability by taxing access to it. ↗

— Chris Cannon

#availability #collective #essential #exceeded #expectations