#once

I've succeeded as far as I'm concerned - I don't feel that I have any cliffs I could fall over anytime soon. ↗

#anytime #as far as #cliffs #concerned #could

How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering. ↗

We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#conception #consumes #down #escaping #every

It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are. ↗

— Jean Baudrillard

#ask #forced #liberated #once #same

I think everybody's got different methods of working which suit the particular individual. Mine is to sort of play the part, and give 100%, to concentrate and focus on it while I'm actually working, but then leave it behind until the next day. ↗

— Sean Bean

#behind #concentrate #day #different #everybody

When they come to Europe, they are confronted by still closed borders. Thus, the concept of open borders is a very selective concept, one that is not taken seriously at all in the experience of non-Europeans. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#closed #come #concept #confronted #europe

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#birth #give #gleams #grave #instant

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#done #doubt #fine #self-sacrifice #toil

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#between #conceit #delicate #delicate balance #modesty

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. ↗