#ok

Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit. ↗

— Thomas Willis

#born #broken #drunkards #effeminate #great

If you want to really know something you have to observe or experience it in person; if you claim to know something on the basis of hearsay, or on happening to see it in a book, you'll be a laughingstock to those who really know. ↗

— Jonathan D. Spence

#experience #hearsay #knowledge #observation #experience

I think we all share a view about wanting to make sure we have a healthy river and we're looking forward to the plan and in the lead-up to that we've agreed to speak again. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#again #agreed #forward #healthy #i

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke. ↗

— Jerzy Kosinski

#evoke #portray #principles #true #true art

Intended to serve as an introduction to both the linguistic and also the practical study of spoken English. ↗

— Henry Sweet

#both #english #intended #introduction #linguistic

The number of vacations me and my husband have canceled... if you really want a job, book a non-refundable vacation. But obviously we're blessed too. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#book #canceled #husband #job #me

He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him. ↗

— Milan Kundera

#him #intimidate #over #subordinates #time

I took piano for many years. I kicked and screamed through all of my lessons, but my mom really insisted. ↗

— Kristin Kreuk

#insisted #kicked #lessons #many #mom

Well, I think one of the problems with 'Birds of Prey' was there were too many cooks in that kitchen. The studio, the producers, the network, all had very different visions of what that should be. They should have just let Laeta Kalogridis control that. Instead they decided to try to get their hands in the mix. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#control #cooks #decided #different #get

Well, the medium of film is so different than a book that just by bringing it into visual storytelling is to change it up. I think in a book, in any book, you can have a reactive character. Some of the great novels of all time have had that, but in a film you can't do that. ↗

— Melissa Rosenberg

#book #bringing #change #character #different