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But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#caught #destined #existence #first #forces

I don't know if there are words to describe my motivation. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#i #know #motivation #words

If my soccer career were over, I would still come here because of the people. And despite the fact I've had to skip some school for National Team purposes, I am looking forward to holding that Carolina degree as soon as I can get my hands on it. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#because #career #carolina #come #degree

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do. ↗

— Nan Fairbrother

#feel #fountain #hardest #learning #like

As long as the problem of world reconstruction remains the center of interest for all nations, blocs having similar attitudes will form and operate even within the League itself. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#attitudes #blocs #center #even #form

Everything must be recaptured and relocated in the general framework of history, so that despite the difficulties, the fundamental paradoxes and contradictions, we may respect the unity of history which is also the unity of life. ↗

— Fernand Braudel

#contradictions #despite #difficulties #everything #framework

Despite what they tell you, there are simply no moral absolutes in a complex world. ↗

— Berkeley Breathed

#despite #moral #simply #tell #world

I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#comrades #crawl #did #front #i

A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#director #does #film #get #matter

I'm a very modest person. But I'm also extremely confident. And if you put me in the situation or in the moment, I'm gonna have some swagger, I'm gonna have some cockiness. ↗

— Drew Brees

#confident #extremely #gonna #i #me