#life

History tells creativity is a result of Soul song. ↗

— Aporva Kala

#life

If you treat an animal right, they don't run away. They're not like us. They run away from people they don't trust; most times we run away from ourselves. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#life-and-living #trust #life

Come on, just say, "I do." It comes from the verb "to do." That's all you need for now. Then we'll move you on to "I did. ↗

— Steve Toltz

#life

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it. - W.C. Fields ↗

— Bethenny Frankel

#life

Right then I should have also thought about the curve balls coming my way, but sometimes it’s really hard to see things until theyhit you upside the head. Then it’s too late. ↗

— Maria Rachel Hooley

#life

Your race devotes itself to justifying its errors, not correcting them ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#life

Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own. ↗

— Tibor Fischer

#life

French intellectual life has, in my opinion, been turned into something cheap and meretricious by the 'star' system. It is like Hollywood. Thus we go from one absurdity to another - Stalinism, existentialism. Lacan, Derrida - some of them obscene ( Stalinism), some simply infantile and ridiculous ( Lacan, Derrida). What is striking, however, is the pomposity and self-importance, at each stage. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#french-intellectuals #lacan #sartre #life

...books are the most powerful tool in the human arsenal, that reading all kinds of books, in whatever format you choose - electronic (even though that wasn't for her) or printed, or audio - is the grandest entertainment, and also is how you take part in human conversation. ↗

— Will Schwalbe

#mankind #life

There is a whole lot more to life than winning. ↗

— Jojo Moyes

#life