#suddenly

I usually doze off between 7:30 and 9 p.m. while putting my baby to sleep. Then I suddenly wake up remembering I'm an adult with no bedtime. I spend the next four hours catching up on reading, e-mails, and other adult pursuits until I collapse for good until sunrise. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#baby #bedtime #between #catching #collapse

Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#clear #dark #falls #history #humanity

Whenever the people are for gay marriage or medical marijuana or assisted suicide, suddenly the "will of the people" goes out the window. ↗

— Bill Maher

#gay #gay marriage #goes #marriage #medical

I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it. ↗

— Steve Martin

#along #beautiful #because #been #came

Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right. ↗

— Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

#felt #how #i #just #knew

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#always #annoyed #bear #black #brunt

I just couldn't go back to Suddenly Susan after David Strickland's suicide. I didn't see how we could make the show light and funny any more. ↗

— Judd Nelson

#any #back #could #david #funny

Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#doubles #get #improve #played #player

Other times, you're doing some piece of work and suddenly you get feedback that tells you that you have touched something that is very alive in the cosmos. ↗

— Leonard Nimoy

#cosmos #doing #feedback #get #other

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational. ↗

— Larry Niven

#good #got #i #millions #never