#instant

My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love. ↗

— Yakov Smirnoff

#described #father #fell #freedom #harbor

I'm real critical of myself and if I take the bandana off my head I'm completely bald headed and go from being 58 to looking 68 instantly. ↗

— Hulk Hogan

#being #completely #critical #go #head

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom,' only talent can keep you at the top. ↗

— Jim Dale

#instant #keep #only #spray #stardom

I have lately returned from Harpers Ferry, to which place I was suddenly called, on the 17th instant, by causes the most disturbing and destructive to the peace and safety of this State. ↗

— Henry A. Wise

#causes #destructive #disturbing #ferry #i

In other words, any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term grown, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives from our high nature instead of our lower. Any of these will elicit Resistance. ↗

— Steven Pressfield

#drive #instant-gratification #purpose #resistance #art

Laughter is an instant vacation. ↗

— Milton Berle

#laughter #vacation

I would do the occasional score. I thought it was the most thrilling thing. It was instant. You made the music and they played it right away to millions of people. I found it thrilling. ↗

— Elmer Bernstein

#found #i #instant #made #millions

My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids. ↗

— Berkeley Breathed

#change #i #i write #instant #kids

Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant. ↗

— Joan Didion

#instant #life #life changes #ordinary

I feel like it has gone very fast for me, but I feel like it wasn't instantaneous, at all. I was getting a lot of rejections. I just got very lucky and it happened quickly for me. I don't feel like I'm a prodigy or something. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#feel #getting #gone #got #happened