#shed

When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed. ↗

— Jennie Finch

#coach #crushed #devastated #had #i

Well I don't write, I attempt to scribble here and there. And no, nothing ever so grand as being published. ↗

— Charles Keating

#being #ever #grand #here #i

Old #64 chose... a gentle jog, fast enough to prove I was alive, slow enough to savor the cheers. They washed over me. They warmed me. I knew I could live without them but I loved them. ↗

— Jerry Kramer

#cheers #chose #could #enough #fast

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that. ↗

— John Keats

#been #could #die #i #love

When you think of a movie, most people imagine a two hour finished, polished product. But to get to that two hour product, it can take hundreds or thousands of people many months of full time work. ↗

— George Kennedy

#full #get #hour #hundreds #imagine

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#fads #great #great things #opinion #popular

I still have a full-time day job, which is why it took me five years to write An Ear to the Ground, and why I won't have another book finished by next week. ↗

— Ken Thompson

#book #day #ear #finished #five

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#applications #basically #both #business #completely

The trade unions, far from being content with these declarations, established international liaisons and supported every policy based on pacification and understanding. ↗

— Leon Jouhaux

#being #being content #content #declarations #established

Women have always ruled my life, be it my mother, my wife, my assistant, or my daughter, so I don't really fight with them. I relinquished control years ago. ↗

— Jon Bon Jovi

#always #assistant #control #daughter #fight