#din

We define ourselves, in part, by the discriminations we make. The value of what we love is enriched by our understanding of what we dislike. ↗

— David Ansen

#dislike #enriched #love #love is #make

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people. ↗

— John Abizaid

#build #civilian #control #done #got

I'm still a promising actor. It's better to be climbing even if you have a lot of falls than to be descending. Maybe that's kept me young. I haven't gotten to any peak yet. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#any #better #climbing #descending #even

Too many books. . . too many fairy tales led him to believe that there was something romantic in being a soldier. ↗

— Elizabeth Nelson

#romantic

I've never worried about what audiences would accept or had a game plan regarding the career. I never had an idea of how I should look to my fans or anybody else. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#accept #anybody #audiences #career #else

Science gropes and staggers toward improved understanding. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#understanding #science

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#understanding #understanding

But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early age that ordinary lives of ordinary people can be made into high art. ↗

— Russell Banks

#american #art #classics #early #early age

Human beings have always yearned for serenity and inner peace. ↗

— Christopher Dines

#manifest-your-bliss #inner-peace

I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting. ↗

— Russell Banks

#book #changed #come #completely #could