#old

All I know is that these two gases both had a quite extraordinary effect, and that there was no respirator, and no protection against them that we knew of. So the soldiers would have been unable to protect themselves against this gas in any way. ↗

— Albert Speer

#any #been #both #effect #extraordinary

As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films. ↗

— Paul Thomas Anderson

#father #films #got #i #less

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe. ↗

— Tadao Ando

#culture #europe #japan #less #old

Song after Battle: As the young men went by I was looking for him. It surprises me anew That he has gone. It is something To which I cannot be reconciled. Owls hoot at me. Owls hoot at me. That is what I hear In my life. Wolves howl at me. Wolves howl at me. That is what I hear In my life. -American Indian Songs ↗

— Frances Densmore

#haunting #old-songs #simons-rock #death

I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was 'home.' ↗

— Julie Andrews

#child #comprehensible #first #home #i

Told that the passing grade is a B or competence and that we will help you to get there, students do competent work. The lowest passing grade in the real world is competence. Why do schools accept so much less? ↗

— William Glasser

#competence #competent #get #grade #help

The older I get, the more I'm prepared to do things for the money. ↗

— Naveen Andrews

#i #money #more #older #prepared

I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, 'Don't you want to have a normal job and a normal family?' I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#act #advice #avoid #because #family

I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#before #coming #everyone #happened #here

All evil comes from the old.They grow fat on ideas and young men die of them. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#die #evil #fat #grow #ideas