#form

And thus, the men won the Battle of the Sexes in Milesian times, so that from the Golden Age of Athens until the Golden Age of Rome, when all citizens were free to speak & vote at the State Assemblies, only women, barbarians & slaves were excluded.[INTRO] ↗

— Nicholas Chong

#age

I bought a selection of short, romantic fiction novels, studied them, decided that I had found a formula and then wrote a book that I figured was the perfect story. Thank goodness it was rejected. ↗

— Louise Brown

#bought #decided #fiction #figured #formula

These guys who keep on playing but aren't winning, you've got to sit them down and let them figure it out and perform a little gut-check on themselves. ↗

— Payne Stewart

#figure #got #guys #keep #little

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#creativity #different #individuality #non-conformist #art

Beauty is transformed over time, and not without destruction. ↗

— Terry Tempest Williams

#death-to-life #destruction #redemption #sanctification #transformation

...I don't just wish you rain, Beloved - I wish you the beauty of storms... ↗

— John Geddes

#rain #storms #transformation #beauty

She was an extraordinary person too! Would you believe it, she cut her hair short, and used to go about in men’s boots in bad weather ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#non-conformity #unique #woman #men

Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me. ↗

— Tim Burton

#expensive #form #like #me #therapy

It doesn't matter who said it, as long as it changed you. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#change #quotes #sayings #transformation #truth

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#morality #murder #obedience #patriotism #war