#les

Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. ↗

— Alvar Aalto

#less #more #more and more #more or less #our

Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time to discuss the most important problems. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#dealing #detail #discuss #end #excessive

The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#glory #love #most #noblest #spirit

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#any #born #conspiracy #cultivation #feels

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway. ↗

— Christian Bale

#fearless #i #recognize #scared #should

I've always felt that I would rather see an actor, writer, or musician's work, rather than actually know the person. If you know too much about an artist, it somehow lessens their ability to do their work as well. ↗

— Christian Bale

#about #actor #actually #always #artist

Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk about my daughter endlessly. ↗

— Christian Bale

#absolutely #cliche #could #dad #daughter

There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real life circumstances, would be absolutely unbelievable things to really say, and you would look at these people like they're freaks for conversing that way. But somehow for certain styles of movies, it works, and it seems fine. ↗

— Christian Bale

#acting #certain #circumstances #conversing #fantasy

Medicine was certainly intended to be a career. I wanted to become a psychiatrist, an adolescent ambition which, of course, is fulfilled by many psychiatrists. ↗

— J. G. Ballard

#ambition #become #career #certainly #course

Forever may it remain that way. And may God bless these now-found souls. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#forever #god #god bless #may #remain