#chi

My dad said, 'The thing that I was told that was really helpful was that I mustn't be afraid of the things I was afraid of when I was five years old'. The shock of his childhood had put him in this defensive crouch against the world, and he needed to know that he had a nice wife and kids and it wasn't the same any more. ↗

— Tom Hooper

#against #any #childhood #crouch #dad

The more uncompromisingly specific you are the more you end up touching the bigger universal truths. ↗

— Tom Hooper

#end #more #specific #touching #truths

What I learned about stammering was that, when as a young child you lose the confidence of anyone who wants to listen to you, you lose confidence in your voice and the right to speech. And a lot of the therapy was saying, 'You have a right to be heard.' ↗

— Tom Hooper

#anyone #child #confidence #heard #i

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#children #did #enjoyed #i #most

America - a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose. ↗

— Herbert Hoover

#economic #experiment #far-reaching #great #motive

The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup. ↗

— Bob Hope

#chicken #israel #only #soup #the only thing

She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction. ↗

— Bob Hope

#direction #forty #help #i #said

I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#back #childhood #dream #go #i

Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#approaching #been #big #big city #city

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement. ↗

— Horace

#art #book #briefly #call #great