#absorb

There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#education #effects #expression #get #hope

It is not Kafka's fault that his wonderful writings have lately turned into a fad, and are read by people who have neither the ability nor the desire to absorb literature. ↗

— Herman Hesse

#absorb #desire #fad #fault #his

Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion. ↗

— Etty Hillesum

#amount #attempt #consequent #figures #greed

As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more. ↗

— David Hockney

#celebrity #comedy #depiction #fashion #human

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. ↗

— William Hurt

#basis #become #calculated #courage #guys

That's the best thing about writing, when you're in that zone, you're porous, ready to absorb the solution. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#absorb #best #porous #ready #solution

I've not as yet found one hobby that would absorb me completely when I'm not working, but I have just bought a new apartment and didn't quite bargain for the amount of effort and time and money that that absorbs. ↗

— Hugh Dancy

#amount #apartment #bargain #bought #completely

You just try to absorb as much as you can from someone who has won as many races and championships as he has. Career wise, he's been the greatest thing that's happened to me. ↗

— Larry Dixon

#been #career #championships #greatest #greatest thing

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved. You aren't positive, you're negative. You absorb, absorb, as if you must fill yourself up with love, because you've got a shortage somewhere. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#abnormal #absorb #because #craving #eternal

The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create. ↗

— David Mamet

#anything #artist #become #create #devour