#cause

Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump. ↗

— Judi Dench

#bicycle #i #know #pump #work

If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#because #bit #feel #frightened #happy

If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but competent, rigorously argued, and carrying conviction. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

#because #carrying #competent #conviction #eccentric

You know, it's ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten Commandments. For example, the Sabbath day according to the Ten Commandments is Saturday, not Sunday. And the reason is because God rested, not because Jesus was resurrected. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#because #christianity #christians #commandments #day

I tell my students, if you ever become comfortable with your role as criminal defense lawyer, it's time to quit. It should be a constant source of discomfort, because you're dealing with incredible moral ambiguity, and you've been cast into a role which is not enviable. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#because #become #been #cast #comfortable

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book. ↗

— Anita Desai

#actually #because #becomes #book #disappointment

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

For those who believe in God the matter is simpler still and clearly than anything else: because those who believe in God believe that God is the Creator of the whole Universe and there is nothing that does not come from Him. ↗

— Morarji Desai

#because #believe #clearly #come #creator

I've been vegan for 15 years, and it turns out it makes a very big impact on the environment to eat fewer animal products, which cause more greenhouse gases than all of transportation combined. ↗

— Emily Deschanel

#animal products #been #big #big impact #cause

No, I've been singing forever. I started out doing musicals. I think that was part of the reason why they gave me the part, because I sang. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#been #doing #forever #gave #i