#year

Over the last 15 years or so, Manchester has undergone huge transformation - from a city in decline and on its knees to one that is growing, vibrant and confident. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#confident #decline #growing #huge #knees

I keep a quotes journal - of every sentence that I've wanted to remember from my reading of the past 30 years. ↗

— Richard Powers

#i #journal #keep #past #quotes

In 25 years of writing novels, I've never had anything that felt like writer's block. ↗

— Richard Powers

#block #felt #had #i #like

I had to dance topless for two years to make cash to pay my bills and save some money. But it was very enlightening, by the way. I'm talking about light from the gutter. ↗

— Susan Powter

#bills #cash #dance #enlightening #gutter

Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possible go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent. ↗

— Terry Prachett

#been #buy #continent #covered #eight

Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#disposable #fine #growing #growing up #i

I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and they'd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction! ↗

— Philip Pullman

#basic #british #education #english #entire

What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than I'd learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#criticism #help #i #learned #more

This is a dream from when I was kid. I'm playing tennis almost 18 years, and of course everybody's dream is to play the final of a Grand Slam. ↗

— Agnieszka Radwanska

#course #dream #everybody #final #grand

Our work to provide equal opportunities for all Americans should be a year-round mission. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#equal #mission #opportunities #our #provide