#yin

I'm staying in shape, working out. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#out #shape #staying #working

I tried to bang down a lot of doors but Virgin were the only label who believed in what I was doing. I ended up with the label that understood what I was trying to do. ↗

— Emeli Sande

#believed #doing #doors #down #ended

You go to Scandinavia, and you will find that people have a much higher standard of living, in terms of education, health care and decent paying jobs. ↗

— Bernie Sanders

#decent #education #find #go #health

I don't feel my best right now, but at the same time, I'm not trying to find any excuses or anything. ↗

— Johan Santana

#anything #best #excuses #feel #find

I've always been interested in how to present something that relates to our reality - which is not really... I don't even know if documentary itself does as good a job. It has its own problems in trying to get at the reality of the situation. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#been #documentary #does #even #get

Writing, painting, singing--it cannot stop everything. Cannot halt death in its tracks. But perhaps it can make the pause between death's footsteps sound and look and feel beautiful, can make the space of waiting a place where you can linger without as much fear. For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey there between footsteps makes up our lives. ↗

— Ally Condie

#death-and-dying #literature #literature-writing #art

I am obligated and I will pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to the American government. I already paid and I will keep paying whatever taxes I owe based on my time as a U.S. citizen. ↗

— Eduardo Saverin

#am #american #american government #based #citizen

I learned the business in about two months, and then made as much as the others, and was consequently doing quite well when the factory burned down, destroying all our machines - 150 of them. This was very hard on the girls who had paid for their machines. ↗

— Rose Schneiderman

#burned #business #consequently #destroying #doing

Hollywood will accept actresses playing ten years older, but actors can play ten years younger. ↗

— Greta Scacchi

#hollywood #older #play #playing #ten

Dying is only one thing to be sad over... Living unhappily is something else. ↗

— Morrie Schwartz

#else #living #one thing #only #over