#yin

Once you start saying, 'Let's talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations,' it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#aspirations #become #confusing #distracting #frustrating

People close to me called me 'Curry in a Hurry.' I was moving through life at 100 miles an hour trying to further my career and be a great mom and make everyone happy. ↗

— Ann Curry

#career #close #curry #everyone #further

Writing about the indignities of old age: the daunting stairway to the restaurant restroom, the benefits of a wheelchair in airports and its disadvantages at cocktail parties, giving the user what he described as a child's-eye view of the party and a crotch-level view of the guests. Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The aging process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over and runs off laughing. No one should grow old who isn't ready to appear ridiculous. ↗

— John Mortimer

#dying #handicaps #age

The British keep employing me, and that makes me like them. It also makes me think they're very intelligent. ↗

— John Cusack

#british #employing #intelligent #keep #like

I spent several years acquiring the obsessive, day-to-day discipline that's needed if you want to write professionally, then several more, highly valuable years studying fiction writing at the University of Iowa. ↗

— John Dalton

#day-to-day #discipline #fiction #fiction writing #highly

I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence. ↗

— Charles Dance

#confidence #gives #i #more #playing

I'm just saying that at least for the foreseeable future there won't be any more touring. ↗

— Glenn Danzig

#foreseeable #foreseeable future #future #i #just

Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities. ↗

— Sam Dash

#because #could #difficult #fired #getting

I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life. ↗

— Mandy Patinkin

#am #i #i am #i can #known

When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it. ↗

— Dimebag Darrell

#come #different #different things #find #hear