#nature

I wanted to make an Indian character who wasn't either a) the savage that must be eliminated, the force of nature that's blocking the way for industrial progress, or b) the noble innocent that knows all and is another cliche. I wanted him to be a complicated human being. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#being #blocking #character #cliche #complicated

I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet. ↗

— Joan Jett

#being #being happy #concentrating #happy #having

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#god-like #good #human #human nature #nature

From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#attractions #good-natured #hopes #humor #kept

A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team. ↗

— Pat Riley

#efficiency #game #moving #particular #performance

Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing! ↗

— Pat Riley

#contribute #declaring #each #ego #hardest

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#blooming #colors #everything #heart #instead

I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson. ↗

— Oscar Robertson

#bigger #bird #boston #championship #championship team

I mean, if a person acts irresponsibly in his own life, he will pay the consequences. And it's not so much divine retribution as it's built into the law of nature. ↗

— Pat Robertson

#built #consequences #divine #his #i

I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#great #great things #i #i think #nature