#glad

You do know how to play pinochle?" Mr. D eyed me suspiciously. "I'm afraid not," I said. "I'm afraid not, sir," he said. "Well," he told me, "it is, along with gladiator fighting and Pac-Man, one of the greatest games ever invented by humans. I would expect all civilized young men to know the rules. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#dionysus #gladiator #pac-man #percy-jackson #pinochle

The miracle of the light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slow-moving below, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades of Florida. It is a river of grass. ↗

— Marjorie Stoneman Douglas

#florida #nature #river-of-grass #nature

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars. ↗

— Henry Van Dyke

#chance #gives #glad #life #look

What does my performance have to do with Russell Crowe's? Nothing. If I play Gladiator and we all play Gladiator with Ridley Scott in the same amount of time, maybe we have a chance to see who did it best. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#best #chance #crowe #did #does

Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it. ↗

— Shania Twain

#better #bigger #country #country music #daughter

I'm glad I've never been so successful that I couldn't stop doing one thing. I've kind of been able to just kick it along and switch around. ↗

— Kate Beckinsale

#along #around #been #doing #glad

I didn't spend a lot of time on national security the American people will be glad to know. ↗

— Paul Begala

#american people #glad #i #know #lot

A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and not by a but. ↗

— John Berger

#becomes #connected #difficult #fond #glad

Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet. ↗

— Deborah Bull

#career #dancing #glad #i #royal

I'm glad I can present a polished version of myself when it counts. ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#glad #i #i can #myself #polished