#bs

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#certain #far #find #furnishing #i

We've observed that people who stall in their personal growth work often have counterproductive soft addictions that stand in their way of growth and having the life they say they want. It can be a simple thing, such as watching TV instead of finishing a project. ↗

— Judith Wright

#counterproductive #finishing #growth #having #instead

Here's a haiku/palindrome I wrote called, "Obsession." Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #haiku #obsession #palindrome #poetry

I'm from the US of A. Born in Des Moines, raised in the New York suburbs. ↗

— Stephen Collins

#des #des moines #i #new #new york

I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend. ↗

— Lily Collins

#girl #girlfriend #i #just #real

Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#body #mind #obstruct #pleasures

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#fail #his #how #know #loses

Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage. ↗

— Auguste Comte

#department #each #knowledge #metaphysical #passes

I always laugh at these rock n'rollers where you can't understand them. Mind you, it's not because they're inaudible or indistinguishable; it's because they're too obscure. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#because #i #i always #inaudible #indistinguishable

So far as discipline is concerned, freedom means not its absence but the use of higher and more rational forms as contrasted with those that are lower or less rational. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#concerned #contrasted #discipline #far #forms