#sayin

The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#actually #belief #believe #between #books

People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say.' ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#books #coming #could #i #i think

If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#become #chinese #common #common sense #essential

BP has finally acknowledged what the American people have been saying for weeks: It must take responsibility for its reckless conduct, clean up the Gulf and compensate the countless victims of the disaster it caused. ↗

— Peter Welch

#american #american people #been #caused #clean

I answer that question by saying: 'Why Meg Whitman' which is: I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done. ↗

— Meg Whitman

#business #california #career #career politicians #done

Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

#beautiful #before #blue #blue eyes #could

I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am. ↗

— Prince William

#am #because #i #i am #most

There are two sayings that are familiar in every news room across the country: 1) sex sells; 2) if it bleeds it leads. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#bleeds #country #every #familiar #leads

A lot of people on the internet have been saying that there's no way we can pull off a musical in three acts. We just take that as a challenge. ↗

— Ian Williams

#been #challenge #internet #just #lot

The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?' ↗

— Robin Williams

#bat #give #give me #got #huddled