#or

Any child knows that history can only be a reduced representation of reality, but it must be a true one, not distorted by queer lenses. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#child #distorted #history #knows #lenses

Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall never give one myself, and I have observed that many of my colleagues who do give such courses refrain from exemplifying their methods by writing anything. ↗

— Samuel E. Morison

#colleagues #courses #give #historical #i

It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience. ↗

— Berthe Morisot

#express #feelings #important #oneself #own

Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#conversation #courage #go #go for it #just

I wish people could acheive what they think would bring them happiness in order for them to realize that thats not really what happiness is. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#could #happiness #i #i wish #order

I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned to the athlete I once was. I'm integrating all the parts of me - jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher - and becoming stronger as a result. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#athlete #becoming #clear #depression #feel

You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#hardships #life #ordinary-days #beauty

If I could sell 500 million records every time, it would be great. But I've also had the luxury experience of having it when I was a teenager, in a very kind of model version of it. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#could #every #every time #experience #great

Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#balancing #bit #boyfriend #couple #down

There's a continuity between what I care about in any form: I care about it in my music, in article-writing, in how I dress, in how I live, in my relationships, in how I navigate paparazzi, how I decorate my home. There's such a continuity between everything that I don't really care what form it shows up in. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#any #between #care #continuity #decorate