#era

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#art #cause #classes #detached #fact

But it is just two lovers, holding hands and in a hurry to reach their car, their locked hands a starfish leaping through the dark. ↗

— John Updike

#imagery #inspirational #love #lovers #metaphor

Look for when the environment is changing - the big shift now is mobile Internet. It's really happening big-time. The way you interact with services on a smart phone compared to the Web is quite different, so there's a huge opportunity. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#big-time #changing #compared #different #environment

Some Internet operators are concerned that video services such as Netflix and YouTube consume lots of the bandwidth on the network. While there is some truth to this, my guess is that the operators wished they could provide the same kind of services with the same success as Netflix and YouTube. ↗

— Niklas Zennstrom

#concerned #consume #could #guess #internet

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#cut #garment #heart #intellect #speaks

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger. ↗

— Thucydides

#being #causes #explosion #first #generally

It's a question of spreading the available energy, aerobic and anaerobic, evenly over four minutes. If you run one part too fast, you pay a price. If you run another part more slowly your overall time is slower. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#another #available #energy #evenly #fast

Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#africa #appeal #countries #desperation #emergencies

The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn't happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#beaten #becomes #champion #filled #general

If you don't play well, you have a bad game or a nightmare you know that the amount of coverage is worldwide. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#bad #bad game #coverage #game #know