#aged

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time. ↗

— Angela Carter

#age #certain #certain age #every #female

Comedy is tragedy that happens to other people. ↗

— Angela Carter

#happens #other #people #tragedy

Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome. ↗

— Angela Carter

#come #many #memories #movies #nostalgia

I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#characters #damaged #drawn #emotionally #i

The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain categories of men: national minorities and populations of territories controlled by other countries. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#certain #controlled #countries #covenant #envisaged

My parents really encouraged me. ↗

— Randy Castillo

#me #parents #really

Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance. ↗

— Barbara Castle

#aspects #carry #during #economic #economic problems

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor. ↗

— Willa Cather

#emperor #fact #girl #i #never

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of the Western world. No First World country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all objectivity - much less dissent. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#country #dissent #eliminate #entirely #ever

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#engaged #favors #find #jam #louis