#al

I learned a lot more about transgender people. It's not a choice, but a physiological condition that has to do with the size of the hypothalamus part of the brain. ↗

— Mercedes Ruehl

#brain #choice #condition #i #learned

I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like 'Fawlty Towers.' ↗

— Russell Brand

#came #i #i do #language #like

We men of this age are rotten with book-lore and with a yearning for the past. The Last Generation ↗

— James Elroy Flecker

#literature #nostalgia #age

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#inspiration #dreams

Dès que Séraphine l'a laissé seul, Gontran se jette à genoux au pied du lit ; il enfonce son front dans les draps, mais ne parvient pas à pleurer ; aucun élan ne soulève son cœur. Ses yeux désespérément restent secs. Alors il se relève. Il regarde ce visage impassible. Il voudrait, en ce moment solennel, éprouver je ne sais quoi de sublime et de rare, écouter une communication de l'au-delà, lancer sa pensée dans des régions éthérées,suprasensibles - mais elle reste accrochée, sa pensée, au ras du sol. Il regarde les mains exsangues du mort, et se demande combien de temps encore les ongles continueront de pousser. ↗

— André Gide

#communication

I always say that bad women are fewer than men, but when you get one, they're fascinating because they're so rotten. ↗

— Ann Rule

#bad #because #fascinating #fewer #get

I've never had very high regard for therapists. I owe my health, my mental survival, to my friends and loved ones. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#had #health #high #i #loved

It's been in the back of my head for five or six years, but more on the local level to get involved and try to create a better environment for my children and grandchildren. ↗

— Jon Runyan

#been #better #children #create #environment

Leaders of the future will have to be visionary and be able to bring people in - real communicators. These are things that women bring to leadership and executive positions, and it's going to be incredibly valuable and incredibly in demand. ↗

— Anita Borg

#bring #communicators #demand #executive #future

Faith is not contrary to the usual ideas, something that turns out to be right or wrong, like a gambler's bet. ↗

— Joanna Russ

#contrary #faith #gambler #ideas #like