#elves

Opportunities present themselves to me. That's how my whole life has been pretty much. I've been lucky. ↗

— Lizz Winstead

#how #i #life #lucky #me

All I know is that these two gases both had a quite extraordinary effect, and that there was no respirator, and no protection against them that we knew of. So the soldiers would have been unable to protect themselves against this gas in any way. ↗

— Albert Speer

#any #been #both #effect #extraordinary

The fool is like those people who think themselves rich with little. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#like #little #people #rich #themselves

Women need not take up with mean things, since (if they are not wanting to themselves) they are capable of the best. ↗

— Mary Astell

#capable #mean #need #since #take

I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was, three shelves of books about Tolkien and Middle-earth, and I was like, 'Holy cow, what else am I missing out on?' ↗

— Sean Astin

#actually #am #books #bookstore #cow

Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the moment for our evolution, and gives us the best advantage for the development of ourselves. ↗

— Edward Bach

#assured #best #contains #development #evolution

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out. ↗

— Warren G. Bennis

#cannot #content #fitting #fitting in #ideas

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#directions #except #experience #forth #give

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. ↗

— James M. Barrie

#cannot #into #keep #lives #others

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#ahead #blockhead #great #great person #make