#akin

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night. ↗

— George Eliot

#coarse #effect #faces #funeral #grating

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#alarm #arm #between #boldly #brilliance

We are doing everything we can to protect the food supply. And I can tell you that we're making decisions based upon sound science and good public policy, given the circumstances that we are now in. ↗

— Ann Veneman

#circumstances #decisions #doing #everything #food

An 'OMG' of mine would probably be speaking on stage and performing in front of thousands of people! ↗

— Ashley Tisdale

#mine #people #performing #probably #speaking

Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards of presidents, he is a decent man. But those standards aren't good enough. He's in a position either to kill or not to kill, and he's made the decision to kill. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#american #choice #civilians #deaths #decent

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends. ↗

— Eminem

#circle #come #friends #funny #hard

I've been running a lot, taking care of myself. ↗

— Eminem

#care #i #lot #myself #running

I've got nothing against records - I've spent my life making them - but they are a kind of historical blip. ↗

— Brian Eno

#got #historical #i #kind #life

When making music I sink myself into the process as deeply as I can and forget all of the success. ↗

— Enya

#forget #i #i can #into #making

If you're cooking and not making mistakes, you're not playing outside your safety zone. I don't expect it all to be good. I have fat dogs because I scrap that stuff out the back door. ↗

— Guy Fieri

#back door #because #cooking #dogs #door