#h

My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad. ↗

— Sean Bean

#another #fad #family #fascination #just

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#conventional #go #go home #home #more

I am a voyager - and the voyage cannot mean that I stay at home. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#cannot #home #i #i am #mean

Well, a few years ago I think I could have given you a more enthusiastic answer about that but in the last few years, for the first time in my life, I really haven't listened to much music. I used to work with music on and now I don't. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#ago #answer #could #enthusiastic #few

Just think! This whole world of ours is only a speck of mildew sprung up on a tiny planet, yet we think we can have something great - thoughts,, actions! They are all but grains of sand ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#leo-tolstoy #life #life-philosophy #life

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry. ↗

— Pierre Beaumarchais

#everything #fear #having #i #laugh

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#either #holiday #looked #may #prolonged

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face. ↗

— Venerable Bede

#attain #before #day #delight #drink

Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#bringing #contempt #country #democratic #fundamentalists

I don't fancy myself a political commentator. I hate politics. I hate it. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#fancy #hate #i #myself #political