#les

It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#ever #his #law #man #nature

It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#care #character #fortunate #high #know

This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay. ↗

— Paul Begala

#american #back #bill #bill clinton #clinton

As can be seen even by this limited number of examples proteins carry out amazingly diverse functions. ↗

— Michael Behe

#carry #diverse #even #examples #functions

With the sugar market hysteria, the people are obviously worried and expect higher inflation. When this hysteria subsides, which we're probably observing, then I hope that people will also get less worried about the future of inflation. ↗

— Marek Belka

#also #expect #future #get #higher

If indeed, as Hilbert asserted, mathematics is a meaningless game played with meaningless marks on paper, the only mathematical experience to which we can refer is the making of marks on paper. ↗

— E. T. Bell

#experience #game #indeed #making #marks

Sometimes the best and worst times of your life can coincide. It is a talent of the soul to discover the joy in pain—-thinking of moments you long for, and knowing you’ll never have them again. The beautiful ghosts of our past haunt us and yet we still can’t decide if the pain they caused us out weighs the tender moments when they touched our soul. This is the irony of love. (MU Article, 2010) ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#bad-choices #decisions #family #friendship #hindsight

Shepley stomped into the apartment and slammed the door behind him. “She’s fucking impossible!” I kissed Travis on the cheek. “That’s my cue.” “Good luck,” Travis said. I slid in beside America, and she huffed. “He’s fucking impossible! ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#funny-couples #humorus-fights #ironic #laugh-out-loud #love

Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#country #detroit #grew #heart #i

I can rock out anything. I mean, I can rock out a little 'Time After Time'. I can do a little 'Grease Lightning'. It depends on the mood, but we do go karaoke, my friends and I in Los Angeles, and it's a lot of fun. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#angeles #anything #depends #friends #fun