#com

Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats. ↗

— Woody Allen

#basically #bath #boats #come #home

Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue. ↗

— Woody Allen

#comedy #confronts #dessert #drama #just

Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#along #comes #every #five #hundred

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#coming #death #end #freedom #haunt

Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#benefits #better #better off #children #control

When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up-it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#comes #going #life #lift #matter

I'm happy when I'm juggling, but I feel like I've gone from, like, 3 balls to 10 bowling balls. But, that's a good problem. I don't really have a complaint about that. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#balls #bowling #complaint #feel #gone

I was really tired of words like 'plus size,' 'round' and 'large.' I thought, 'Come on, we're fat.' ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#fat #i #large #like #plus

Look for someone who has a complete life without you in it. If you have a person you don't need for anything, that's ideal. You're just together because you really want to be. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#because #complete #ideal #just #life

When I was straight, I had the courage and energy to become an actress. I owe my career to my will to stop using. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#become #career #courage #energy #had