Flopping Aces Quotes & Sayings

While poetry was less professionalized than it is now, I still had this urge to win prizes and see my work in magazines, to get an "A," as though poetry could be graded. I wish I had been more patient and less frantic about getting published. — Denise Duhamel

It is inconceivable that, in the richest nation in the world, we have 30 million people at risk of hunger. I believe that, if we truly make a commitment as a nation, we can defeat hunger. — Bo Derek

Sometimes the right person tells the right story at the right moment, and through a combination of luck and design, a creative expression gains new force. — Lin-Manuel Miranda

I still can't understand why anyone cares about what I do or what I say. — Eva Longoria

What do you want, Mal?" The room seemed very quiet.
"Don't ask me that."
"Why not?"
"Because it can't be."
"I want to hear it anyway."
He blew out a long breath. "Say goodnight. Tell me to leave, Alina."
"No."
"You need an army. You need a crown."
"I do."
He laughed then. "I know I'm supposed to say something noble
I want a united Ravka free from the Fold. I want the Darkling in the ground, where he can never hurt you or anyone else again." He gave a rueful shake of his head. "But I guess I'm the same selfish ass I've always been. For all my talk of vows and honor, what I really want is to put you up against that wall and kiss you until you forget you ever knew another man's name. So tell me to go, Alina. Because I can't give you a title or an army or any of the things you need. — Leigh Bardugo

I keep my head in the clouds.
There's not enough love in the world to weigh me down. — Wesley Eisold

I want to be a compassionate soul, finding worth and beauty in the worlds around me and within me, attempting to sing a transcendent tune with my temporal position in this life. — Jon Foreman

I won vice president of my student body in high school. That doesn't mean anything. — Al Sharpton

I much prefer a plotted novel to a novel that is really conceptual. — Eleanor Catton

I do not comment on my client's personal lives in the media. As for Luke, he did so once, a long time ago when he was an inexperienced, young actor and now with maturity and hindsight, he has learned not to engage the press in his personal life again. — Luke Evans

It's not a struggle to be on a diet. You feel lighter, and your spirit is lighter, too. But I love chocolate, and I allow myself to have chocolate. That doesn't go against a diet for me. — Juliette Binoche

Sparhawk had fallen into a nest of pirates. — Donna Thorland

You can game the social media in the short run, but not for long. — Seth Godin

What motivates me is just to do a really, really good job at something. If I were a better musician, I probably would've ended up as one. — Stewart Butterfield