#admire

The jargon of sculptors is beyond me. I do not know precisely why I admire a green granite female, apparently pregnant monster with one eye going around a square corner. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#apparently #around #beyond #corner #eye

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#always #detest #egotism #failure #feeling

I don't think you should meet the people you most admire. I don't want reality to interfere with my image. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#i #image #interfere #meet #most

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#admire #desiring #secret #without

Kane wondered if any man in her life had really noticed how beautiful she was. ↗

— Dannika Dark

#beautiful #closer #dannika-dark #love #mageri

I want to create a cologne that smells like a whisper. It’ll be for all the secret admirers out there.
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— Jarod Kintz

#cologne #fragrance #invent #invention #secret-admirer

I've decided to get involved in those wondering class and admire life ↗

— Sephiwe Mduduzi Msiza

#cause #change #lead #change

I want to be the kind of person that kind people like and want to be like. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#admire #aspiration #aspire #character #desire

Oscar night is a ridiculous night where you go to these parties and you see everyone that you've ever wanted to work with and admire. ↗

— Jordana Brewster

#ever #everyone #go #night #oscar

Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home. ↗

— Emily Bronte

#charity #erect #giving #having #home