#mark

The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#exactly #fantasy #his #mark #neurotic

What marks the artist is his power to shape the material of pain we all have. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

#his #marks #material #pain #power

Sex doesn't sell anything other than itself ↗

— Martin Lindstrom

#branding #marketing #retail #retailing #science

No funny stuff in here tonight, you understand?” Dash said, “I assure you I could not contemplate any of your so-called funny stuff seeing as how I have no idea why I’m even here.” Mark scoffed. “You bookish little pervert.” “Thank you, sir!” Dash said brightly. ↗

— David Levithan

#mark #funny

We want to support our troops because they didn't make the decision to go there... but I don't think it should be open-ended. We ought to have a benchmark where the administration has to come back and give us a report. ↗

— Edward Kennedy

#back #because #benchmark #come #decision

There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive. ↗

— Jack London

#beyond #cannot #comes #complete #ecstasy

You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed. ↗

— John Major

#dubious #euro #exchange #extremely #followed

Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our society. ↗

— Keith Miller

#beneath #control #disease #mark #our

The relentless pressures of the so-called marketplace have distorted all our culture industries. ↗

— Mark Crispin Miller

#distorted #industries #marketplace #our #pressures

The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard. ↗

— Samuel George Morton

#beard #black #brown #complexion #deficient