#irs

How can you dare teach a man to read until you've taught him everything else first? ↗

— Giorgos Seferis

#else #everything #first #him #how

During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland. ↗

— Augusto Pinochet

#deep #discipline #during #duty #heart

A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place. ↗

— Luigi Pirandello

#empty #fact #feelings #first #like

But, you know, I just did a big trip in the spring to Vietnam and Cambodia and Thailand, and that's when I bought a Kindle. I have like 15 books on this one little gizmo. But when I came home, the first night I picked up the book that was on my nightstand and I went right back to that. ↗

— Lisa See

#big #book #books #bought #cambodia

I think real life couples on screen are kind of deadly. For the most part, they're kind of deadly. You'd be surprised. Unless they're falling in love onscreen for the first time, you don't have quite the same energy for some reason. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#deadly #energy #falling #falling in love #first

The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color -- oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples... ↗

— Anna Godbersen

#colors #first-love #love #sunset #beauty

I always wanted to be different. I always wanted to be first. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#be different #different #first #i #i always

My first in, my first break, was I met a director and got to talking with her, and she happened to be casting this movie that she had written. That was ten years ago. That got me to Hollywood. I got paid $700 bucks. ↗

— Chris Pratt

#break #bucks #casting #director #first

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe. ↗

— Romano Prodi

#any #carries #europe #influence #italy

I'd like to have the first restaurant that can deliver incredible quality food to your table at your house at any time-right where you live. ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#deliver #first #food #house #i