#surrounded

I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women. ↗

— Oscar de la Renta

#i #sisters #surrounded #women

When you see people who are really good at game shows, the one common attribute is a cool head under pressure: an ability to perform as well in the studio, surrounded by lights and noise, as you do on your couch. ↗

— Ken Jennings

#attribute #common #cool #couch #game

It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#growing #me #safe #seems #surrounded

Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#harry #harry potter #potter #publication #some

I've never seen anywhere in the world as beautiful as Kashmir. It has something to do with the fact that the valley is very small and the mountains are very big, so you have this miniature countryside surrounded by the Himalayas, and it's just spectacular. And it's true, the people are very beautiful too. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#beautiful #big #countryside #fact #i

When something really bad is going on in a culture, the average guy doesn't see it. He can't. He's average and is surrounded by and immersed in the cant and discourse of the status quo. ↗

— George Saunders

#average guy #bad #cant #culture #discourse

It is my goal to learn as much about the people I'm surrounded by. I am slowly widening who I am close with, and at the same time, growing further away from others. ↗

— Josh Schwartz

#am #away #close #further #goal

I like to be surrounded by harmonies and fullness and richness and vitality. ↗

— Al Jardine

#harmonies #i #like #richness #surrounded

I’ve always been a sort of self-imposed outsider, not a geeky outsider or a snobby outsider but, I just have a natural desire to live on the fringe. I’m not like a weirdo with a trench-coat but I just prefer to be alone or minimally surrounded by people. ↗

— Sara Quin

#living-on-the-fringe #outsider #sara-quin #solitude #surrounded-by-people

This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time. ↗

— Aneurin Bevan

#could #fish #genius #island #made