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Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth. ↗

— Walter Raleigh

#happily #heels #his #history #may

Even though I'm a leftist. I think the left eats its own. ↗

— Ted Rall

#even #i #i think #left #leftist

I'm a better polemicist in prose. ↗

— Ted Rall

#i #prose

It's funny, when I'm not on the road or doing stuff with Bad Company - or whatever- I've always written songs galore... a lot of stuff people don't even hear. ↗

— Mick Ralphs

#bad #company #doing #even #funny

What does one prefer? An art that struggles to change the social contract, but fails? Or one that seeks to please and amuse, and succeeds? ↗

— Robert Hughes

#artists #creativity #entertainment #revolution #art

I kind of entered a flow state. I've been there before while climbing. You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of you each second. ↗

— Aron Ralston

#ahead #been #before #climbing #each

What you're looking at there is my arm, going into the rock... and there it is - stuck. It's been without circulation for 24 hours. It's pretty well gone. ↗

— Aron Ralston

#been #circulation #going #gone #hours

Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful. ↗

— Dieter Rams

#good #great #intelligible #making #meaningful

I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful. ↗

— Harold Ramis

#be careful #because #been #careful #directed

When I climb a fourteener, a 14,000-foot/4,260-meter peak, in the winter by myself, I leave an itinerary and information about where my vehicle will be parked and the name of the county sheriff to contact in case I don't get home. ↗

— Aron Ralston

#case #climb #contact #county #get