#ge

I was on this bridge overlooking the carpet... I think it went all the way back to Oregon. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#bridge #carpet #i #i think #oregon

Mr. Codro's destiny is Ptolemaic; in other words, based on fiction. Ptolemaic says it all; it means above all fixed and unchanging, that is to say different from real life which is by nature changing and temporary. It means: not according to natural truth, but according to man's desire and the pretense inspired by his fear of dying and his desire for permanence. ↗

— Alberto Savinio

#death #desire #destiny #fiction #future

It's nice to get a response from the artists that I cover. ↗

— Joe Cocker

#cover #get #i #nice #response

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#delightful #i #merely #out #simply

I'm not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#consistently #enough #five #get #i

Quite simply the Games are the biggest opportunity sport in this country has ever had. It is one that we must not squander. ↗

— Sebastian Coe

#country #ever #games #had #must

That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and an inventor of stories, and then people clamour for you to make speeches and tell them what you think about the world. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#always #aspects #clamour #competence #fame

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. ↗

— Sasha Cohen

#dreams #eat #exercise #follow #follow your dreams

I still manage to spend around 40 hours a week at work but it is a lot more focused on what can make money as opposed to what makes me look good in the papers. ↗

— Benjamin Cohen

#focused #good #hours #i #look

I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology, to purchase and use recreational drugs, to enjoy and purchase so-called 'vices', to be free of intruders, and to privacy. ↗

— Bram Cohen

#agenda #am #any #basic #basic human rights