#iv

Health care costs blunt the competitive edge of American entrepreneurs, from the auto industry to internet start-ups. ↗

— Tom Allen

#auto #auto industry #blunt #care #care costs

It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#brave #courage #fortitude #grace #inspirational

It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more. ↗

— Woody Allen

#bad people #better #divided #enjoy #good

I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib. ↗

— Woody Allen

#crib #i #liked #live #me

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

It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune. ↗

— Woody Allen

#death #experience #impossible #objectively #still

I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist - although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#although #ancient #ancient times #born #catholic

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

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#chaos #chooses #chronological #fiction #first

I was so naive I didn't even know about agents. I telephoned the William Morris agency and asked to speak to Mr. Morris. I expected Bill Morris to be waiting for my call. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#agency #agents #asked #bill #call