#stan

I made straight A's and never got into any trouble, and I still impose those standards on myself. So writing is my chance to escape and become the sleaziest, scummiest role. ↗

— Sandra Brown

#become #chance #escape #got #i

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#good manners #manners #rude #truly #understand

In TV, you always feel you are standing on the tracks of an oncoming train. ↗

— Tina Brown

#feel #oncoming #standing #tracks #train

When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore. ↗

— Nigel Farage

#anybody #anymore #been #believes #eu

Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq - a war more than a year away. ↗

— Bob Graham

#away #being #compromised #equipment #franks

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#disturbed #greater #having #misunderstanding #misunderstood

Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#buck #considerable #facet #had #just

Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#beyond #circumstances #congressional #elective #elective office

We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more. ↗

— Naomi Watts

#appreciate #better #culture #death #i

With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#arisen #aspect #been #cultivate #desire