#ether

I doubt I'll ever do another book collaboration; I've been spoiled. Roger and I both happened to move to New Mexico at about the same time, when we each had a family of young kids to raise. Socializing seemed to lead naturally to working together. ↗

— Fred Saberhagen

#another #been #book #both #collaboration

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#bed #day #every #explosion #i

How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#defy #fear #how #human #hunger

Silver and gold the Gods have denied them, whether in mercy or in wrath, I am unable to determine. ↗

— Germanicus

#denied #determine #gods #gold #i

The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#alone #belief #causing #extent #global

This was a result of a number of factors, but we do know that the messages kids get about the harms of drugs has a significant impact on their decision on whether or not to use. ↗

— John Walters

#decision #factors #get #harms #impact

The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective. ↗

— Berenice Abbott

#been #bouncing #challenge #city #first

It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#become #believe #conduct #difficult #habitual

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#across #always #being #clear #common

All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member. ↗

— Jane Alexander

#art #audience #audience member #available #engage