#fair

Fantasy is storytelling with the beguiling power to transform the impossible into the imaginable, and to reveal our own “real” world in a fresh and truth-bearing light. ↗

— Leonard S. Marcus

#fantasy #fiction #on-fiction #imagination

Oh, Mr Coward, sir - I could never have an affair with you, because you remind me of my father! ↗

— Kenneth More

#because #could #coward #father #i

To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite impossible. ↗

— Jan Morris

#beirut #impossible #perhaps #phenomenon #quite

This means keeping many trails open at once, inevitably requiring a fairly 'parallel' plot. This plot should be discovered rather than announced, so show, don't tell. ↗

— Graham Nelson

#discovered #fairly #inevitably #keeping #many

I think we need to have competitive tax rates in order to create jobs in this country. And I think it should be fair. ↗

— Kristi Noem

#country #create #fair #i #i think

There is a big misconception about arranged marriage. Yes, it can mean that you meet someone and then have to marry them, but this was my mother saying, 'I'm going to introduce you to so-and-so - If you don't like them, fair enough.' ↗

— Archie Panjabi

#arranged #big #enough #fair #going

There are nearly 200 countries and a population of over 6 billion in today's world. International affairs should be addressed by all countries through consultations rather than monopolised by a few powers. ↗

— Li Peng

#affairs #billion #countries #few #international

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life. ↗

— Plautus

#affairs #every #every man #friend #however

About the time he threatened her nose with his finger, Peaseblossom lost her grip on the situation with the boys. The door crashed open, and three irate fairies launched themselves at the Stage Manager. Cobweb and Moth pelted him with sequins while Mustardseed rammed beads into his ears. "Dance!" they commanded, and dance he did, hopping with impotent anger and pain from one foot to the other as he batted his meaty hands at them. ↗

— Lisa Mantchev

#fairies #humor #anger

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe. ↗

— Romano Prodi

#any #carries #europe #influence #italy