#sew

My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky. ↗

— Judith Rossner

#book #first #five #housewife #husband

I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't sew, I could think. ↗

— Jane Rule

#because #been #clothes #could #i

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#admired #being #fall #haven #little

The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion. ↗

— Gerhard Schroder

#arms #cost #discussion #effect #elsewhere

But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don't because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#days #economic #economic opportunities #elsewhere #go

I had to learn to sew when I was growing up, because nothing else fitted me. ↗

— L'Wren Scott

#else #fitted #growing #growing up #had

Hollywood is just like high school. The popular people only like the other popular people. And the thing is, some people aren't nice - or they're nice, but only to your face, not elsewhere. ↗

— Amanda Seyfried

#face #high #high school #hollywood #just

Hollywood is just like high school: The popular people love the other popular people. And the thing is, some people aren't nice. Or they are nice, but only to your face, not elsewhere. ↗

— Amanda Seyfried

#face #high #high school #hollywood #just

We have global interests, potential threats from elsewhere, North Korea, Iran, Taiwan Straits and the like. We must be prepared for any future threat. That is why it is important that this be a transition year, 2006. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#be prepared #elsewhere #future #global #important

Last year we had so many people coming in and out they didn't bother to sew their names on the backs of the uniforms. They just put them there with Velcro. ↗

— Andy Van Slyke

#bother #coming #had #just #last