Uptake Synonym Quotes & Sayings

While it is hard to fathom who we are and how we are to live when public chaos shatters our routine, the slow-motion pain of each private death and cataclysm we endure is harder. Each slams us off our feet, yet we have agreed to pretend to be fine again at some point, ideally as soon as possible, so as not to seem self-indulgent or embarrass anybody. Then people can get on with their lives. — Anne Lamott

Imagine if you succeeded in making the world perfect for your children what a shock the rest of life would be for them. — Joyce Maynard

I like the idea of a TV show. You take time to get to know your characters. You can introduce a lot of characters. You don't need your three-action set pieces that you usually need for movies. — Louis Leterrier

If you travel as much as I do - 165,000 miles last year - you exist nowhere. You're always between heaven and earth, you're always arriving in a new place, you're always starting from the beginning - talk about origins - and you don't know quite what's going to unfold. You live in the unexpected and the inexplicable all the time. — Jean Houston

Taft generally ate alone. Forever struggling to lose weight, he limited his midday meal to an apple or a glass of water. — Doris Kearns Goodwin