#elle

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#campaigning #devil #dull #excellent #long

In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#end #ethic #in the end #intellectual #level

I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#i #myself #really #stories #storyteller

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#compelled #explore #finger #fully #life

I never got a formal education. So my intellect is my common sense. I don't have anything else going for me. And my common sense opens the door to instinct. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#common #common sense #door #education #else

But the mind is here accepted not for the soul, but for that which is the more excellent in the soul. ↗

— Peter Lombard

#excellent #here #mind #more #soul

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

#catch #chase #excellence #perfection

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

#commitment #direct #direct proportion #endeavor #excellence

I found university a little dispiriting. I thought I would enter the great halls of Plato, but instead I entered the halls of an intellectual sausage factory. I wanted to do something not on the main course, and chose the environment. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#course #enter #entered #environment #factory

I'm happy to belong to this group of top champions having excelled here. ↗

— Hermann Maier

#champions #excelled #group #happy #having