#experiences

Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so bad as a Mexican road; a decision which later experiences only served to confirm. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

#again #agreed #anywhere #bad #christy

My first experiences of academic friendship made me smile in after years when I looked back on them. But my circle of acquaintances had gradually grown so large that it was only natural new friendships should grow out of it. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#acquaintances #after #back #circle #experiences

I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#come #directors #experiences #filmmaking #first-time

I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more countries. I want to be able to recall experiences that have endured for their pleasure and range and intensity. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#books #campaigns #countries #endured #experiences

The belief that all genuine education comes about through experience does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative. ↗

— John Dewey

#belief #comes #does #education #equally

The other thing I felt was that the philosophical concept behind the experiences also looked like it had been designed by technicians and not by entertainers. I felt I needed to grab hold of it and try and push the envelope as much as I possibly could right now. ↗

— Thomas Dolby

#been #behind #concept #could #designed

I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I'm in an airplane talking to air-traffic control, and they don't know who they're talking to. I have a lot of common experiences. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#anonymous #being #common #control #experience

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. ↗

— Henry Ford

#built #character #develop #each #endure

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different. ↗

— Kate Millett

#circumstances #cultures #different #experiences #female

The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#common #described #detail #documents #eclipse