S Quotes
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“Some movies, I think, present ideas of the world that just don't help people with their lives. They just present things that are fleeting or stupid. So that's what I'm careful about - making sure I'm part of something that is saying something that I think is valuable in the world of people, not necessarily in the world of art.”
“Some mules just seem to be born with the hee-haw habit. Back home we call those fellows 'Missouri Nightingales'.”
Source: Small War of Sergeant Donkey
“Some multipotentialites like to create a regular schedule to use every day. One fun way to do this is to use Barbara Sher's "School Day Life Design Model." In this model, you structure your day the way a student might, going to different classes at different times - only each "class" is a different project. For example:
9 A.M.-11 A.M.: Writing YA novel
11 A.M.-3 P.M.: Building consulting business
3 P.M.-3:40 P.M.: Tinkering time
Evenings: Learning Japanese
Feel free to play with the length of your "periods," as well as the number of projects you include in your schedule. Finally! A school schedule that is totally on your terms.”
Source: How to Be Everything
“Some murders are well worth their prison term.”
Source: Autobiography
“Some Murders Shouldn't Be Investigated.”
Source: An Apple For Zoë
“Some music is supposed to be disposable; that's OK. A lot of music is fun for today, but it isn't supposed to be timeless; it's supposed to be trendy.”
“Some music, it's meant just to make you dance and be able to celebrate and get away from all that kind of thinking. And so, I think it is important if you think your music can do that - to keep doin' it.”
“Some musicians are not great technicians, but they give you a rich point of view.”
“Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests.”
“Some musicians play with their heart, you know what I mean? I don't know what to tell a person that can't - if you can't tell a person what you're talkin' about when they're rushin' or droppin' the tempo, you get somebody else.”
“Some musicians, man, you hear the note almost before they hit it. Jimi, Coltrane and Charlie Parker were like that.”
“Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.”
Source: Exile's Honor
“Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh the more heartily. Sacrifices are necessary.”
“Some must delve when the dawn is nigh;
Some must toil when the noonday beams;
But when might comes, and the soft winds sigh,
Every man is a King of Dreams.”
“Some must give all, all must give some, only then can there be peace, progress and harmony in this world.”
Source: All For Acceptance
“Some mysteries are simply irresistible,” she said. “They have components that alter a life.”
“Some mysteries aren’t meant to be solved — they’re meant to haunt us.”
Source: 20 Unsolved Mysteries: True Crime Cases That Will Keep You Up at Night
“Some mysteries aren’t meant to be solved. They’re meant to wait, patiently, for you to notice them again.”
Source: Beacon of the Dark Night: Shining Hope Through the Shadows
“Some mysteries bite and bark
and come to get you in the dark.”
Source: Darkfall
“Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself.”
Source: New Selected Essays: Where I Live
“Some mythological fat asswipe drives our national economy.”
Source: Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey
“Some names have been changed.
Some facts may have succumbed to recollection.”
Source: Socialist Realism
“Some names have meaning, some don't. It's not a big deal. What matters is the meaning of your life.”
“Some names to look forward to - perhaps in the future”
“Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.”
Source: Brain Droppings
“Some nations desire power, some seek it, and others have it thrust upon them. By 1945, there was no doubt in Russian minds about the reality of American power in the world. But there remained a very large question as to how Americans would use that power, or even if they would use it at all.”
“Some nations make a beautiful geography even more beautiful, and some nations destroy a beautiful geography beyond recognition. What creates this is the difference between an ethical and intelligent nation and an immoral and stupid nation!”
“Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.”
“Some Native people suggest that one should test how cold the hands are by touching the thumb to the little finger of the same hand. As soon as you cannot carry out this exercise you are reaching a dangerous state of incapacity and you should immediately take steps to warm up.”
“Some natural catastrophes are inevitable while others act as reminders of how we abuse nature daily. We are part of nature, and we feel relaxed with this deep harmony.”
Source: It's Hard to Please Vandanya: The Suitcase
“Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain That has been, and may be again.”
“Some natures are so sour and ungrateful that they are never to be obliged.”
“Some need a whip and others a pat on the back and others are better off when they are ignored.”
Source: Run to Daylight!: Vince Lombardi’s Diary of One Week with the Green Bay Packers
“Some need diamonds some need love
Some need cards some need luck
Some need dollar bills lining their clothes
all I need is, all I need is two white horses in a line”
“Some neglect their virginity and are made to pay dearly for it.”
“Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men.”
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“Some never escape from the imprisoning conviction that a cold or unattainable lover can be persuaded to become warm or attainable if they only discover the key.”
Source: The Golden Condom: And Other Essays on Love Lost and Found
“Some never get started on their destiny course because they cannot humble themselves to learn, grow, and change.”
“Some new machinery with adequate powers must be created now if our fine phrases and noble sentiments are to have substance and meaning for our children.”
“Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.”
Source: Anchorwoman
“Some news organizations made a mistake with the iPad in saying, 'Oh, it's a big iPhone.' The fact is the way people use the tablet versus the iPhone is so completely different which is why our iPhone and iPad apps look nothing alike.”
“Some newspaper stories can be presented in entertaining ways; they can make you laugh; they can make you weep. But they are not charged with providing exaltation or fantasy. In the most entertained nation in the history of the world, newspapers exist to provide the citizenry with truth. Sometimes the truth can have a moral point. Sometimes the truth is painful. Sometimes the truth is banal. But it has to be true. It must have a granitelike foundation in fact. The mere stacking of facts is not, of course, enough. The facts must be organized into a coherent whole. They must tell a story. And the great story usually tells us something larger than the mere facts, something about what novelists and philosophers have called, perhaps too grandly, the human condition.”
Source: News Is a Verb: Journalism at the End of the Twentieth Century
“Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.”
“Some newspapers dispose of their garbage by printing it.”
“Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.”
“Some night soon, I'll sneak back in here and we can eat chocolates until we vomit."
"We're such refined, genteel ladies."
"Please," Lysandra said, waving a manicured hand, "you and I are nothing but wild beasts wearing human skins. Don't even try to deny it.”
Source: Queen of Shadows
“Some nights are for sleeping in different places, but having the same beautiful dream.”
“Some nights are like honey - and some like wine - and some like wormwood.”
Source: EMILY STAR - Complete Trilogy: Emily of New Moon + Emily Climbs + Emily's Quest: Classic of Children's Literature
“Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.”
“Some nights are not meant for sleeping. They are meant for writing and reading Poetry.”