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The intellectual who wants to do her work properly must today go back to the starting point: the woman whom she knows, and first of all to herself. It is at that level, and at no other, that she ought to begin to think about the world situation. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

#back #begin #first #first of all #go

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#california #desert #design #dream #dwellers

When people ask me what I do, strangers on a plane, perhaps, I tell them that I think. Thinking is excellent exercise, as much as swimming or jogging. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#excellent #exercise #i #i do #i think

Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line. Tomorrow is a promissory note. ↗

— Hank Stram

#cash #check #line #note #today

This isn't a Christmas special! This is my life. In the real world, miracles and goodness just don't happen. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#funny #richelle-mead #rose #funny

I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#before #even #film #go #had

I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#art #both #dare #emotion #happen

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me. ↗

— John Fowles

#best #colossal #english #forgave #i

I don't think men approach me for intellectual conversation. ↗

— Megan Fox

#conversation #i #intellectual #me #men

Challenging unfairly subsidized products, fighting counterfeit goods and intellectual property theft and holding countries accountable for an unfair currency regime will help American companies remain competitive. ↗

— Virginia Foxx

#american #american companies #challenging #companies #competitive