#cap

The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#destiny #duty #each #first #fulfilling

I'm the kind of actor who has ventured into escaping from me. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#escaping #i #into #kind #me

I just went and got an agent because I thought I can create my own world - you can't right your own life, but you can escape to a world where you can have control. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#because #control #create #escape #got

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late. ↗

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

#any #because #captured #during #everything

Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom. - A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on the seventh day of creation. ↗

— Lewis Cass

#acute #boredom #capable #creation #day

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. ↗

— Catherine II

#circumstances #conjectures #guided #must #politics

First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are investing in areas that actually make business sense. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#areas #burned #business #business sense #capitalists

The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

#french #landscape #pure #verse

I wrapped my arms around me as tightly as I could, and stared up at the stars. Had I not been so cold and wanting to escape so badly, I could have stared at them forever: They were amazingly beautiful, so dense and bright. My eyes could get lost up there if I left them looking long enough. [...] They swallowed me up. They were like a hundred thousand tiny candles, sending out hope. ↗

— Lucy Christopher

#poetic-fiction #beauty

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#already #elegance #escaped #future #just