#nit

A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. ↗

— Robert Frost

#civilized society #doubtful #eccentricity #point #sanity

Yeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don't have any intentions as an artist. ↗

— John Frusciante

#any #artist #being #definitely #i

In tragedy every moment is eternity; in comedy, eternity is a moment. ↗

— Christopher Fry

#eternity #every #moment #tragedy

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I'm getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I'm just trying not to get into that sort of state again. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#am #any #as far as #boat #closely

The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#good #itself #others #states #understanding

It's definitely a shock to go from being 15 in high school to working. There's no real cushion there. There's no preparation at all. You learn by doing. ↗

— Emma Stone

#cushion #definitely #doing #go #high

The United States has written the white history of the United States. It now needs to write the black, Latino, Indian, Asian and Caribbean history of the United States. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#black #caribbean #history #indian #latino

What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#does #itself #others #states #understand

Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#experience #gives #history #life #literature

The historical problem of the United States is to admit that it is a multiracial and multi-ethnic nation. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#historical #nation #problem #states #united