#om

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning. ↗

— James Dickey

#lightning #outside #poet #rain #someone

In Rio Bravo when Duke makes love to Feathers, the scene dissolves to the next morning where we see him putting on his vest and almost humming. It was subtle, but you knew what happened. Give me a towel and some blankets any day! ↗

— Angie Dickinson

#any #blankets #bravo #day #dissolves

Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#company #innocence #instructive #licentiousness #loss

Hemingway was really early. I probably started reading him when I was just eleven or twelve. There was just something magnetic to me in the arrangement of those sentences. Because they were so simple - or rather they appeared to be so simple, but they weren't. ↗

— Joan Didion

#arrangement #because #early #eleven #hemingway

When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw your taxes. ↗

— Don Drysdale

#meant #now #played #screw #series

Many people don't fear a hell after this life and that's because hell is on this earth, in this life. In this life there are many forms of hell that people walk through, sometimes for a day, sometimes for years, sometimes it doesn't end. The kind of hell that doesn't burn your skin; but burns your soul. The kind of hell that people can't see; but the flames lap at your spirit. Heaven is a place on earth, too! It's where you feel freedom, where you're not afraid. No more chains. And you hear your soul laughing. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#heaven-and-hell #heaven-on-earth #hell #hell-on-earth #life-on-earth

I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#committing #film #i #i love #love

Most of us cherish freedom, but when we actually get the opportunity to make our own way it can be terrifying. ↗

— Tom Butler-Bowdon

#freedom #freedom

I understood the importance in principle of public key cryptography but it's all moved much faster than I expected. I did not expect it to be a mainstay of advanced communications technology. ↗

— Whitfield Diffie

#communications #cryptography #did #expect #expected

I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older women possess. They've been on the Earth a little longer. They're more seasoned. They don't play games. They know what they want, and they're not afraid to tell you. ↗

— Taye Diggs

#always #assertive #attracted #been #confidence