#often

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#difficult #going #had #high #high price

In one way, I suppose, I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#both #burning #candle #denial #ends

I often felt as a player in a 4-4-2, you end up being outnumbered in midfield and chasing the ball, so as a manager I liked wingbacks to push forward; it gives the midfield player on the ball three or four options. ↗

— Glenn Hoddle

#being #chasing #end #felt #forward

Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain. ↗

— E. T. A. Hoffmann

#earth #experience #his #how #knows

Life is made too easy. Mankind's moral fibre is giving way under the softening influence of luxury. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#giving #influence #life #luxury #made

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#between #difference #hearsay #often #out

The 1st Congressional District contains almost half of the biotech and biomedical companies in Washington, and my job often allows me to meet the people responsible for this exciting research. ↗

— Jay Inslee

#almost #biomedical #biotech #companies #congressional

The stories have been told so often by those of us who supported President Reagan over the years that they seem mundane, almost like a fictional novel or a movie script. ↗

— William L. Jenkins

#been #fictional #like #movie #mundane

Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#authentic #convincing #dead #death #deathbed

Often real life is boring and problematic. I love the edited version of it. ↗

— Terry Gross

#edited #i #i love #life #love