#ay

The Israeli military plays more than a critical role in defending the citizens of the Jewish state. It also plays an important social, scientific and psychological role in preparing its young citizens for the challenging task of being Israelis in a difficult world. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#being #challenging #citizens #critical #critical role

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. ↗

— Buddha

#diligent #foolish #idle #life #people

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges. ↗

— Anita Desai

#characters #connection #emerges #i #plot

Paris is paramount for fashion, always was - always will be. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#fashion #paramount #paris #will

People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#different #different kind #differently #heels #high

Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling - 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes; blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent; blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#away #beautiful #beautiful things #because #blah

My mother encouraged it so much. She was so supportive. Even if as a kid, I would do the dumbest trick, which now that I look back on some things, she would love it, she would say that's amazing, or if I'd make the ugliest drawing, she would hang it up. She was amazing. ↗

— David Blaine

#back #drawing #dumbest #encouraged #even

As a kid, I always was obsessed with Houdini. ↗

— David Blaine

#houdini #i #i always #kid #obsessed

But as they say about sharks, it's not the ones you see that you have to worry about, it's the ones you don't see. ↗

— David Blaine

#ones #say #see #sharks #they say

I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defence, should one think of killing any animal. ↗

— Morarji Desai

#any #except #i #killing #no reason