#lent

We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent. ↗

— Alison Lurie

#dress #impossible #language #lie #naked

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ↗

— Lucretius

#angels #another #each #embracing #fly

I didn't have time for talent shows and stuff like that. I was into books and studying real hard. ↗

— Cheryl Lynn

#hard #i #into #like #real

I myself am a very nonviolent person and only resort to violence when I absolutely have to. ↗

— Steven Seagal

#am #i #myself #nonviolent #only

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#excellent #first #good #intelligence #itself

I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I deserve a break. Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to their work. ↗

— Lata Mangeshkar

#been #besides #break #deserve #i

Canada is the only country founded on the relentless pursuit of the rodent. ↗

— Preston Manning

#country #founded #only #pursuit #relentless

I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent. ↗

— Patrick Marber

#approve #benevolent #characters #decent #heart

Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork... we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly. ↗

— Agnes Martin

#artist #artwork #concern #exactly #experience

Since, however, it is immaterial whether the work is done by assistants or a machine, I decided to build a machine equivalent to an array of about 200 separating funnels. ↗

— Archer John Porter Martin

#array #assistants #build #decided #done