#iv

The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#first #five #got #helped #how

Yet, the Universe is real enough to the conscious beings in it, which are as unreal as it is itself. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#conscious #enough #itself #real #universe

You know, one of the things I've learnt since coming out of office is how much easier it is to give the advice than take the decision. I mean, you know, it's tough. ↗

— Tony Blair

#coming #decision #easier #give #how

I fear the carnival of crime is beginning on our border. ↗

— Edward Blake

#border #carnival #crime #fear #i

The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of crimes, while the improvements in transport have largely facilitated the escape of fugitive criminals. ↗

— Edward Blake

#classes #commercial #crimes #criminals #developed

If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. ↗

— Eubie Blake

#care #going #i #known #live

It is entirely up to us to invent our own lives. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#invent #lives #our #own #up

I have periods where I listen to regular rap, Jay-Z, Eminem and Lil Wayne. The next day I might have some Christian alternative music. The next day I have on some dance music. It all varies what I listen to. ↗

— Steve Blake

#christian #dance #dance music #day #eminem

My oldest son always wants to race. He's kind of like me and it now has carried over to the other two. They're all pretty competitive now. We do stuff in the pool. They're like fish in water. They go all over the place. They're kids. They like to play, have fun and compete with everything they do. ↗

— Steve Blake

#carried #compete #competitive #everything #fish

You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little dolls on the stage. In such an enormous space you can't put much faith in the personal presence of the individual singer, which is reflected in facial expressions, among other things. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#among #dolls #enormous #expressions #facial