#ife

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die. ↗

— Bernard Berenson

#die #ending #full #identification #left

Yes, my life is a life of combat; I can say that this has never stopped for a single instant. It is a combat that started for me at the age of 16. I'm 90 years old now, and my motivation hasn't changed; it's the same fervour that drives me. ↗

— Ahmed Ben Bella

#changed #combat #drives #hasn #i

If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second. ↗

— Edward Bellamy

#close #first #life #necessity #recreation

I was always anti-marriage. I didn't understand monogamy. I couldn't figure out how that could last. And then I met Bryn and I started to understand the beauty of constancy and history and change and going on the roller coaster with someone - of having a partner in life. ↗

— Maria Bello

#beauty #change #coaster #constancy #could

Every major question in history is a religious question. It has more effect in molding life than nationalism or a common language. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

#common language #effect #every #history #language

To be a gourmet you must start early, as you must begin riding early to be a good horseman. You must live in France, your father must have been a gourmet. Nothing in life must interest you but your stomach. ↗

— Ludwig Bemelmans

#begin #early #father #france #good

People's lives change dramatically over such a long time period, and I think that if you're still vital, and you're still interested in writing and things like that, of course your music evolves and reflects where you are in your life. ↗

— Pat Benatar

#course #dramatically #evolves #i #i think

Since writing JAWS, I've been lucky enough to do close to forty television shows about wildlife in the oceans, and yes, I have been attacked by sea creatures once in a while. ↗

— Peter Benchley

#attacked #been #close #creatures #enough

I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#ago #am #bills #headed #i

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers. ↗

— Ruth Benedict

#answers #life #many #trouble