#quiet

In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a quiet, difficult undertaking, requiring subtlety in a filmmaker and perception and patience from us. ↗

— Wesley Morris

#difficult #doing #filmmaker #french #honoring

I'm an early bird, partly because I like to have some quiet time and partly because by 9am emails begin arriving, the phone starts ringing and I have dragons to kill of one sort or another. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#arriving #because #begin #bird #dragons

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you. ↗

— John Muir

#air #alone #befall #course #eternal

If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it. ↗

— Martina Navratilova

#enjoy #feel #good #i #i can

I love that quiet time when nobody's up and the animals are all happy to see me. ↗

— Olivia Newton-John

#i #i love #love #me #nobody

I start thinking about life after death. I've got to quit thinking about it because it's very deep. Very deep. Sometimes you start thinking about it, and you don't feel like you want to be alive, so I don't like to get all quiet. ↗

— David Ortiz

#after #alive #because #death #deep

I try to be as quiet as I can at the plate, but still aggressive. ↗

— David Ortiz

#i #i can #plate #quiet #still

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#alone #being #derive #men #miseries

Twins are a high-risk pregnancy, by definition. The quieter I am, the longer I can keep them growing. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#definition #growing #high-risk #i #i am

That's what music is to me. Like, stuff that I really like to play loud. And I've got my quiet CDs, too, that I listen to around the house, but if you can't go there, then... Everyone gets so upset with me, I can't win. ↗

— Liz Phair

#cds #everyone #gets #go #got