#short

Life's short. Anything could happen, and it usually does, so there is no point in sitting around thinking about all the ifs, ands and buts. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#anything #around #buts #could #does

When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with. ↗

— Debra Winger

#arm #bad #bad thing #basic #because

Whoever's president I'm not going to be short on material. ↗

— Lizz Winstead

#i #material #president #short #whoever

The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from religion. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#amazing #attitude #change #example #freedom

One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#i #i love #last #love #russian

There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#certain things #joy #off #pull #reward

So you do shorter versions of the hits, or you take out a long guitar solo or things like that to make time for the hits and new music as well. But I don't think any of us ever get to do as much new music as we would like to. ↗

— Lee Ann Womack

#ever #get #guitar #hits #i

I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect. ↗

— Tiger Woods

#far #faults #i #i am #perfect

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#conversations #cuts #most #observations #own

By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and many more have been pressed with poverty and grief. ↗

— John Woolman

#been #breaking #countries #enraged #flourishing