#tall

And if thought and emotion can persist in this way so long after the brain that sent them forth has crumpled into dust, how vitally important it must be to control their very birth in the heart, and guard them with the keenest possible restraint. ↗

— Algernon H. Blackwood

#birth #brain #control #dust #emotion

Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#american society #composed #each #favours #fundamentally

We played all of the songs on the first Johnny Winter AND every day before we recorded them, so that when we got in the studio, it was totally easy, as we knew exactly what we wanted to do. ↗

— Rick Derringer

#day #easy #every #every day #exactly

And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon. ↗

— William Devane

#creation #credit #david #enjoyable #frowned

I wanted to become me, totally me. The more me, the better. I instinctively knew this and I was right. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#better #i #instinctively #knew #me

My only advantage as a reporter is that I am so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate that people tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests. ↗

— Joan Didion

#am #best #best interests #counter #forget

I have said, with respect to authorization bills, that I do not want the Congress or the country to commit fiscal suicide on the installment plan. ↗

— Everett Dirksen

#bills #commit #congress #country #fiscal

In terms of playing ability there is nothing to choose between number one and 100. Instead, it's a question of who believes and who wants it more? Which player is mentally stronger? Which player is going to fight the hardest in the big points? These are the things that determine who is the champion. ↗

— Novak Djokovic

#believes #between #big #champion #choose

I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on. ↗

— Rita Dove

#details #explore #hinge #i #intimate

The first light of day today revealed what we had feared. The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming. ↗

— Kathleen Blanco

#devastation #feared #fears #first #greater