#shed

In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a character; there was nothing particularly new about this - death has featured in art and literature since medieval times, and for centuries we have had a fascination with the Grim Reaper. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#ago #art #book #centuries #character

Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#i #i can #into #just #learned

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#altogether #behooves #critic #does #end

Somehow, I had the feeling that I was responsible for Harry being dead. I remembered all the times that I wished he were dead, all the times I had dreamed of killing him. I got to thinking that maybe my wishing had finally killed him. ↗

— Arnold Rothstein

#dead #dreamed #feeling #finally #got

When I've finished one project, I start thinking about the next. ↗

— Mike Rutherford

#finished #i #next #project #start

The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the ground, because it crashed. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#buddy #built #crashed #feet #first

The 150th anniversary of Penn State will highlight what is important and good about this distinguished institution and the fine people and research that it produces. ↗

— Don Sherwood

#anniversary #distinguished #fine #good #highlight

I crashed my boyfriend's birthday when I was 12 years old. He didn't invite me and so I showed up. ↗

— Isla Fisher

#boyfriend #crashed #i #invite #me

The biggest challenge was trying to convey the story of the making of a film that isn't finished yet - and which won't be finished until the third film, The Return of the King, reaches our cinemas towards the end of 2003! ↗

— Brian Sibley

#biggest challenge #challenge #cinemas #convey #end

I met the guys through a friend of a friend, and their former drummer had quit. I wasn't too familiar with the Chili Peppers before that, so I joined at the end of 88' and we finished recording Mother's Milk at the end of 89', next thing I know I'm in Spin with a sock. ↗

— Chad Smith

#chili #drummer #end #familiar #finished