#the one thing

It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#birthday #bitter #creator #creatures #divides

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am. ↗

— Alice Walker

#felt #i #i am #known #never

I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#average #band #big #big band #business

The one thing you have to do if you write a book is put yourself in someone else's shoes. The reader's shoes. You've got to entertain them. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#else #entertain #got #one thing #put

'Cause I was already a smoker, it was easy to get addicted. The one thing that they don't teach you about marijuana is how addictive it is. ↗

— Merle Haggard

#addicted #addictive #already #cause #easy

I do like change. That's the one thing exciting about me. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#change #exciting #i #i do #like

The one thing the blues don't get is the backing and pushing of TV and radio like a lot of this garbage you hears. They choke stuff down people's throat so they got no choice but to listen to it. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#blues #choice #choke #down #garbage

The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs, they get paid for the psychological roller coaster they're going to have to ride. That's the hard work. ↗

— Enrique Iglesias

#coaster #get #going #hard #hard work

The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#either #fairly #force #good #government

The one thing that men and women have in common - they both like the company of men. ↗

— Michael Douglas

#common #company #like #men #men and women