#alive

Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#ball #book #hand #intensely #light

For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive. ↗

— Al Purdy

#beast #bird #flowers #man #marvel

The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once. ↗

— Jane Bryant Quinn

#both #date #give #never #number

I was doing everything I could think of to protect my husband and keep him alive. ↗

— Nancy Reagan

#could #doing #everything #him #husband

Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living. ↗

— Vanessa Redgrave

#go #helped #living #people #poetry

I'm just a believer in keeping all of the creative brain cells moving and working even when you're not working because the inevitable loneliness and boring drought in the actor's world, it can eat you alive. ↗

— Nikki Reed

#alive #because #believer #boring #brain

Kennedy lied and lied about his health while he was alive, even using his father's influence to get into the Navy without ever taking a medical examination. ↗

— Richard Reeves

#alive #even #ever #examination #father

Look at me, I'm getting defensive about something that happened so many years ago, somebody said. I'll have to find out who that was and if he's still alive. ↗

— Paul Reubens

#ago #alive #defensive #find #getting

It's exhilarating to be alive in a time of awakening consciousness; it can also be confusing, disorienting, and painful. ↗

— Adrienne Rich

#also #awakening #confusing #consciousness #disorienting

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#back #curiosity #his #kept #life