Padgett Powell Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise. – Padgett Powell Figure Quotes Hard Quotes Harrowing Quotes Paradise Quotes Prove Quotes Time Quotes Travel Quotes Writing Quotes I know about the sweet home. I went to school with ’em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee. An indigo snake leaves a lasting impression.
Rocky Fielding I went to Madison Square Garden and saw a basketball game. I said, ‘Imagine fighting here.’ – Rocky Fielding
Shirley MacLaine I think when I was in my early twenties and middle twenties I didn’t even know I wasn’t living up to my potential. A couple of friends told me I wasn’t and told me to get my act together, and it made a huge impact on me. – Shirley MacLaine
Al Sharpton I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new flag. – Al Sharpton
Anne Murray That’s the God’s truth – I’ve forgotten that I was famous. I guess it’s laughable. – Anne Murray
Clare Balding People like to think of you as a certain person, or a certain type of person, and they do love to give you a label. We like luggage labels, and we like people labels. – Clare Balding
AloneChanakyaGood A man is born alone and dies alone; and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone; and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode. – Chanakya
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