#wed

On the Wednesday evening - that is, the day I saw her Majesty on this particular point - I had the opportunity of conferring with all those whom I proposed to submit to her Majesty as Ministers. ↗

— Robert Peel

#evening #had #her #i #majesty

I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we were more or less of the same generation. ↗

— George Plimpton

#because #being #bit #generation #i

I desperately want a dog, but I've been told I travel too much, and I'm not allowed to have a dog. ↗

— Victoria Pratt

#been #desperately #dog #i #much

My brother Leon started it all. He played the piano. In school they made me leader of the orchestra because I played the violin, but I followed Leon and the boys in his jazz band around. ↗

— Louis Prima

#band #because #brother #followed #his

The fire was followed by a period of grieving and then by an incredible lightness, freedom, and mobility. ↗

— Martin Puryear

#followed #freedom #grieving #incredible #lightness

I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today. ↗

— Giorgos Seferis

#greece #i #i think #living #manifest

In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ↗

— Bobby Rahal

#average #competition #crowds #drivers #i

Laurel: I don't need a ring or a license, or a spetacular white dress. It's not marriage so much, or at all really, that matters. It's the promise. It's the knowing someone wants me to be part of his life. Someone loves me, that I'm the one for him. That's not just enough, it's everything. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#laurel-mcbane #love #savor-the-moment #wedding #life

Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#comes #dawn #followed #god #like

What he showed me was not what I had to get, but what I already have. I am just myself, and who I am is a lot. ↗

— Phylicia Rashad

#am #get #had #i #i am