#om

What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete. ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#along #cares #carries #civilization #complete

Many of my friends and family are scratching it out somewhere decidedly south of the ever widening gap between the haves and have nots, looking at losing their homes, colleges they can't afford and healthcare they can't avail themselves of. ↗

— Don Cheadle

#avail #between #colleges #decidedly #ever

God's got something for me. I have faith it'll be OK. ↗

— Chubby Checker

#god #got #i #me #ok

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness. ↗

— John Cheever

#discover #life #make #need #sense

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#happy #notice #people #summer #whether

No one has done a study on this, as far as I can tell, but I think Facebook might be the first place where a large number of people have come out. We didn't create that - society was generally ready for that. I think this is just part of the general trend that we talked about, about society being more open, and I think that's good. ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#as far as #be the first #being #come #create

I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#day #every #every day #excellent #give

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#into #knowledge #practice #put #unless

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#else #good #means #notice #sauce

I was able to actually combine dance and acting, which was a dream come true. ↗