#thousand

I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories. ↗

— Eric Brown

#between #book #day #five #garden

A story in Asimov's is read by hundreds of thousands of people. ↗

— Greg Egan

#hundreds #people #read #story #thousands

If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#black #jobs #motivation #open #people

In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

#build #democracy #die #every #home

Thousands of present day students, like many of our Founding Fathers, are being taught at home. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#day #fathers #founding #founding fathers #home

I'd like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#i #like #schools #thousands #went

I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting. ↗

— Jackie Kennedy

#any #beautiful #buy #dollars #i

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#fathers #orphan #thousand #victory

It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of the world's best engineers, all concentrating on improving the product, reducing the cost, things of that sort. ↗

— Jack Kilby

#concentrating #cost #engineers #idea #improving

My point is that, over the years, I've taught five thousand people acting and lately I have a lot of energy on these kids, having the same break I had as a high school girl. ↗

— Sally Kirkland

#break #energy #five #girl #had