#air

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him. ↗

— George Santayana

#contradict #endeavor #fair #friend #him

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#competition #i #illiteracy #poverty #unemployment

Certainly something had happened to me during the night. Or after months of tension I had arrived at the edge of some precipice and now I was falling, as in a dream slowly, even as I continued to hold the thermometer in my hand, een as I stood with the soles of my slippers on the floor, even as I felt myself solidly contained by the expectant looks of my children. It was the fault of the torture that my husband had inflicted. But enough, I had to tear the pain from memory, I had to sandpaper away the scratches that were damaging my brain. ↗

— Elena Ferrante

#divorce #elena-ferrante #love #pain #the-days-of-abandonment

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless. ↗

— May Sarton

#does #house #soulless #warm

I came home after a year and although my profession was only hairdressing, I knew I could change it. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#although #came #change #could #hairdressing

A working woman could save a few shillings a week, and then every five weeks she'd come in and we'd cut her hair. She could shampoo it under the shower, swing it and dry it off or just let it dry by itself. It changed the lives of many young girls who'd never had the opportunity to be styled like that before. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#changed #come #could #cut #dry

Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#craft #deserves #enough #enough people #general

I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#always #hair #i #inspiration #thoughts

Hair excited me. As the old ways - backcombing, rollers and rigidity - went out of the window, I started to feel the possibilities in front of my eyes. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#eyes #feel #front #hair #i

For nine years I worked to change what was hairdressing then into a geometric art form with color, perm without setting which had never been done before. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

#art form #been #before #change #color