#do

I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with - dogs and cats, for example - from the animals on my plate, and I never really cared for the taste of meat. I always loved my Brussels sprouts. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#animal #animal lover #been #brussels #cared

I'm carded for R-rated movies. And I get talked down to a lot. When I try to go rent a car or buy an airplane ticket or other stuff adults do, I get 'Okaaaaaay, honey.' I remember when I was 18, getting crayons in a restaurant. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#buy #car #carded #crayons #down

I'm black, and black don't crack. It does droop. ↗

— Aisha Tyler

#crack #does #droop #i

Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#agreed #authorities #coups #everywhere #freedom

I can say now: all the combatants who participated in the fight for freedom in South America came to Algeria; it's from there that all those who fought left. We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#america #arranged #came #combatants #created

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. this is my symphony. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#life #wisdom #life

I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless? ↗

— Anne Tyler

#always #bed #cat #come #dog

Loss and possession, death and life are one, There falls no shadow where there shines no sun. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#falls #life #loss #possession #shadow

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door. ↗

— Saul Bellow

#door #everybody #his #insignificance #keep

I don't want to say I hear voices; well, actually I do hear voices, but I don't think it's supernatural. I think it's just that when characters are given enough texture and backbone, then lo and behold, they stand on their own. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#backbone #behold #characters #enough #given