#twenty

There are some friends you don't meet for twenty years and when you meet them again it's as if no twenty years has happened - you're lucky when that happens. I feel the same about books. ↗

— Norman MacCaig

#again #books #feel #friends #happened

There's a strange sense of accomplishment in making an independent film. Everything's against you; there's no time, and even less money - you bring a bottle of glue, chip in twenty bucks, and hope you all make it through the day. If you manage to finish it and it actually turns out to be pretty good, it's thrilling. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#actually #against #bottle #bring #bucks

I do not believe that I have had an interview with anybody in twenty-five years in which the person to whom I was talking was not annoyed during the early part of the interview by my asking stupid questions. ↗

— Harry Stack Sullivan

#anybody #asking #believe #during #early

For eleven months and maybe about twenty days each year, we concentrate upon the shortcomings of others, but for a few days at the turn of the New Year we look at our own. It is a good habit. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

#concentrate #days #each #eleven #few

You got to get twenty-seven outs to win. ↗

— Casey Stengel

#got #outs #twenty-seven #win #you

For the most part, "naturals" are myths. People who are especially good at something may have some innate inclination, or some particular talent, but they have also spent about ten thousand hours practicing or doing that thing. ↗

— Meg Jay

#psychology #twentysomethings #nature

Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late. ↗

— Mark Twain

#late #repartee #something #think #too

Although I believe that scripture is divinely inspired and infallible, I have a hard time going along with the belief that the whole creation process occurred in six twenty-four hour days. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#although #belief #believe #creation #days

On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone. ↗

— Janis Joplin

#five #go #go home #home #i

On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles. ↗

— Mary Antin

#dragged #every #flag #fly #house