#ya

In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River. ↗

— Daniel Boone

#enemy #fort #kentucky #our #river

We had to do a lot of rehearsals to get it so that it was playable. What it did was make you practice. That's good for any musician to have that kind of pressure. It brings things out of you that might not come out if you don't have to reach for something all the time. ↗

— Ray Brown

#brings #come #did #get #good

The men who made the war were profuse in their praises of the man who kicked the P.M. out of his office and now degrades by his disloyal, dishonest and lying presence the greatest office in the State. ↗

— John Burns

#dishonest #disloyal #greatest #his #kicked

You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn’t determine who you are. You must all realize what you’re worth on your own. ↗

— Koushun Takami

#inspirational #intrinsic-value #japanese #life #self-confidence

I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am. ↗

— Stephanie Pearl-MacPhee

#knitting #truth-of-life #yarnharlot #humor

The orange of the golden carp appeared at the edge of the pond. . . . We watched in silence at the beauty and grandeur of the great fish. Out of the corners of my eyes I saw Cico hold his hand to his breast as the golden carp glided by. Then with a switch of his powerful tail the golden carp disappeared into the shadowy water under the thicket. ↗

— Rudolfo Anaya

#beauty #bless #carp #fish #golden

At first I missed it, but it was the amazing energy thing that happened during shows, when a lot of people were like Yay Yay Yeah! I missed that for a while. But I don't miss the regular and the business side of that whole thing. ↗

— Bill Kreutzmann

#business #during #energy #first #happened

You were saying that once when visiting Yale, you were struck that unlike Pound, Williams's thinking was volatile, I mean, did not stay locked into a pattern of concepts that then defined his subsequent necessary behavior, whereas Pound did. ↗

— Robert Creeley

#concepts #defined #did #his #i

I loved to watch cartoons and even made little stop-motion films in the backyard. At the time, I never really thought that it was something you could do for a living; it never actually hit me that people do that sort of thing or I would be capable of it. ↗

— Eric Darnell

#backyard #capable #cartoons #could #even

Either you’re one hell of an actress, or you’re the dumbest person to ever walk the face of this planet. ↗

— Kimberly Spencer

#ya-fairy-tale #ya-paranormal #young-adult-urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy