#elle

The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

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It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#doubt #intellectuals #job #perfection #writers

An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that admits no doubt, about an imposed political system that allows no doubt, about a perfect aesthetic that has no room for doubt. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#aesthetic #allows #doctrine #doubt #doubts

Plays close, movies wrap and TV series eventually get cancelled, and we were cancelled in three season. ↗

— George Takei

#close #eventually #get #movies #plays

The tenacious character I've possessed since I was a small child propelled me to successfully meet this challenge, and I was able to safely gain acceptance to the university of my choice. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#acceptance #challenge #character #child #choice

I believe very firmly that indigenous populations had a really good, intuitive understanding of why we're here. And we're trying to gain that same understanding through psychology and intellect in modern civilization. ↗

— Serj Tankian

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Well, I think storytellers have always found murder a fascinating device. ↗

— Donna Tartt

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Science as an intellectual exercise enriches our culture, and is in itself ennobling. ↗

— Henry Taube

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I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#dancing #elitist #excellent #form #haven

I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

#cooking #dad #excellent #fridge #his