#akin

Think before you speak. Read before you think. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#books #reader #reading #speaking #thinking

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#jokes #like #look #making #mind

Just the same way I'd say a prayer before going onstage, taking that even further and using the drum to inspire people. And using that as a vehicle for the intention. ↗

— Rick Allen

#drum #even #further #going #i

I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special. ↗

— Ted Allen

#admire #also #america #attention #beautiful

If I don’t wear anything, I’d probably make the food go off, and the children run away screaming. What with all the scars and all. I’m not what one could call particularly pretty.” Unlike you, Vadim, and your goddamned perfection, except for a word cut in blood and flesh. Vadim shook his head, already retreating towards the open door. “'Pretty' is different,” he murmured. “'Pretty' has no scars. You are... Jaw muscles tensed again. “Like the morning sky in Afghanistan. Not ‘pretty’. Word’s ‘breathtaking’. ↗

— Aleksandr Voinov

#breathtaking #dan #love #pretty #scars

Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don't starve myself in an extremist way. You're not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I'd be devastated. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#away #because #coffee #dairy #devastated

Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#appear #enjoy #every #find #interest

My kids are my life and the thought of someone taking them away from me is my worst nightmare. ↗

— Peter Andre

#kids #life #me #my life #nightmare

I'm always surprised at what I actually end up doing because I don't have a strategy or a game plan, especially now that I'm making my own choices. ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#always #because #choices #doing #end

He actually came up to me and we started speaking. And from that conversation we were able to come to a meeting of the minds and it seemed as if it was clear to me that he wanted to do similar things to what I wanted to do. ↗

— Maurice Ashley

#actually #came #clear #come #conversation