#hr

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#helps #life #little #smoothly #through

Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind of schizophrenia. ↗

— Vittorio Gassman

#actor #character #disease #far #his

... the only difference between carnivores and plants is that the latter eat meat through ‘translator’ organisms. Maggots and bacteria ‘pre-chew’ dead animal matter, which plants then absorb as nutrients. So if eating pre-chewed food does not change the fact that a baby is human, why should a plant be any less of a carnivore because it out-sources the digestion of animal protein to organisms of decay? ↗

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

#flame-lily #great-zimbabwe #hangman #mystrey #parnormal

I hear that in many places something has happened to Christmas; that it is changing from a time of merriment and carefree gaiety to a holiday which is filled with tedium; that many people dread the day and the obligation to give Christmas presents is a nightmare to weary, bored souls; that the children of enlightened parents no longer believe in Santa Claus; that all in all, the effort to be happy and have pleasure makes many honest hearts grow dark with despair instead of beaming with good will and cheerfulness. "A Plantation Christmas," 1934 ↗

— Julia Peterkin

#change

Two of the greatest hungers in our world today are the hunger for spirituality and the hunger for social change. The connection between the two is the one the world is waiting for, especially the new generation. And the first hunger will empower the second. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#christian-living #christianity #political #politics #social-change

Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order. ↗

— David Gerrold

#be grateful #die #dirt #eat #face

Suddenly a single shot on the extreme left rang out on the clear morning air, followed quickly by several others, and the whole line pushed rapidly forward through the brush. ↗

— John Gibbon

#brush #clear #extreme #followed #forward

The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat. ↗

— Orlando Gibbons

#death #had #her #living #note

When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square. Dead soldiers lay outside and I glanced at them coldly. We were in search of the living. ↗

— Philip Gibbs

#bursts #coldly #cracks #dead #down

This is the time it all starts, I'm telling you. Like, 16, I mean, forget it. You could just get beat up, you could go through these grueling schedules. ↗

— Debbie Gibson

#could #forget #get #go #grueling