#al

All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia. ↗

— Margaret Chan

#alert #countries #high #illness #immediately

I'll tell you a secret about storytelling. Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty... were not perfect in the beginning. It's only a happy ending on the last page, right? If the princess had everything from the beginning, there wouldn't be a story. Anyone who is imperfect or incomplete can become the main character in the story. ↗

— Peach-Pit

#cinderella #fairy-tales #inspirational #main-character #sleeping-beauty

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there. ↗

— Chanakya

#greedy #happiness #here #moving #peace

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation? ↗

— Chanakya

#fame #good #man #needed #ornamentation

Action based only on principles isn't always good even if it feels good. ↗

— John Chancellor

#always #based #even #feels #good

An objective truth and individual reason are feared above all. ↗

— Jimmy Johnson

#feared #individual #objective #objective truth #reason

I just went and saw 'Crazy, Stupid, Love.' Julianne Moore - I've been in love with her since 'Boogie Nights.' But also, 'The Big Lebowski.' ↗

— Kyle Chandler

#been #big #boogie #crazy #her

Oh, man, if in real life I was as cool and suave as Coach Taylor and had all the answers, things would be easier. ↗

— Kyle Chandler

#coach #cool #easier #had #i

The truth is that personality inevitably bleeds into all forms of our intellectual life. We all extrapolate from our own lives in order to understand the world. ↗

— Siri Hustvedt

#life #personality #understanding #life

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#critical #cut #destroys #dishonest #emotions