#ant

I think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#doing #i #i think #important #present

Perhaps we too seldom reflect how much the life of Nature is one with the life of man, how unimportant or indeed merely seeming, the difference between them. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#difference #how #indeed #life #man

At its best, fantasy rewards the reader with a sense of wonder about what lies within the heart of the commonplace world. The greatest tales are told over and over, in many ways, through centuries. Fantasy changes with the changing times, and yet it is still the oldest kind of tale in the world, for it began once upon a time, and we haven't heard the end of it yet. ↗

— Patricia A. McKillip

#myth #reading #writing #change

What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both. ↗

— Dick Gephardt

#campaigns #conflict #democracy #desire #freedom

It is often said that Poland is a country where there is anti-semitism and no Jews, which is pathology in its purest state. ↗

— Bronislaw Geremek

#country #jews #often #pathology #poland

Philip. I have never been outside of England. I've never even been to London. Do you know what I would give for your experiences? How could you possibly think you would bore me?" He didn't answer, but there was such a look of delight in his eyes that I had to ask, "Why are you looking at me like that?" "You called me Philip. For the first time. ↗

— Julianne Donaldson

#romance #romantic #experience

This really is a merger of equals. I wouldn't have come back to work for anything less than this fantastic opportunity. This lets me combine my two great loves - technology and biscuits. ↗

— Lou Gerstner

#back #biscuits #combine #come #equals

I think people stop themselves from doing the things they want to do. I just think you never know how long you're going to be around so you might as well do the things that are intriguing. Nobody really cares anyway so you have to do what makes you happy. ↗

— Gina Gershon

#around #cares #doing #going #happy

I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig. ↗

— Lou Gerstner

#chinese #dig #go #history #i

Honor is a gift a man gives himself. You can be as good as anyone that ever lived. If you can read, you can learn everything that anyone ever learned. But you've got to want it. ↗

— Ricky Gervais

#ever #everything #gift #gives #good