#wire

From the opening sentence, it is clear that we are in the presence of a writer with a distinctive voice and uncanny ability to capture the bewilderment and burgeoning anger of a boy struggling to remain true to himself while navigating the hypocritical system he finds himself trapped in … what makes Boy on a Wire much more than a bleak coming-of-age story is Doust’s sharp wit. “Justice not only prevails at Grammar School, it is rampant.” If you know an angry teenager, give this to him.’ — The Age ↗

— Jon Doust

#boy-on-a-wire #jon-doust #the-age #age

Emergency Valve Regulators," she repeated. "So you do know what your doing? "Not really," he said yanking another wire. 'I made up that term to keep you happy. I'm just pulling all the red wires because they're the pretty ones. ↗

— Derek Landy

#funny #humour #wires #funny

...the strands that connect us are frail, so don't hang great weights on slender wires... ↗

— John Geddes

#frailty #weights #wires #wisdom #wisdom-inspirational

MYTH: Beautiful Writing Trumps All REALITY: Storytelling Trumps Beautiful Writing, Every Time ↗

— Lisa Cron

#on-writing #storytelling #wired-for-story #writing #writing-myths

Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people. ↗

— J Allard

#big #big deal #couch #deal #floor

I started walking a wire when I was 2 years old, and this has been a dream of mine to recreate this walk. ↗

— Nik Wallenda

#dream #i #mine #old #recreate

This is a universal, unique movie, it has potential to cross barriers. But we never thought about that on set, when we were doing the film. We knew that in making a silent movie, we were doing something a little bit under the wire, a bit interdit. It's a pastiche, but for the French taste, you would have thought. ↗

— Jean Dujardin

#barriers #bit #cross #doing #film

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless. ↗

— Ted Turner

#be happy #cell #cell phone #first #happy

I think it would have been a lot better for him to say, I did it and I'm sorry, McGwire was never one to show a lot of emotion on the field, not a player who sought attention and craved to be thought of as a nice guy. ↗

— Fay Vincent

#been #better #craved #did #emotion

I read rip-and-read news, but I wasn't a reporter. I was reading the wire, and the other thing was, I was reading commercials - and I could do a hell of a commercial. ↗

— Mike Wallace

#commercials #could #hell #i #news