#or

My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders. ↗

— Miguel Indurain

#balanced #calmer #i #i am #more

I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that I am going to lose my language because I live in England. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#because #country #england #forced #going

I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#after #because #being #dog #his

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a title. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#essential #i #important #me #only

I'm a director's actor; I'm a storyteller's actor. ↗

— Michael Ironside

#director #i #storyteller

When I write, the first blank page, or any blank page, means nothing to me. What means something is a page that has been filled with words. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#been #blank #blank page #filled #first

You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn thing that you use to write with, a pen or a typewriter, and you forget all about the reader when you are doing that. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#blank #blank page #damn #damn thing #doing

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings. ↗

— Dean Inge

#cat #human #human beings #more #pleased

The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts. ↗

— Dean Inge

#dyed #leisure #soul #thoughts

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#animal #badly #beyond #cousins #creation