#ought

The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that we're disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning. ↗

— Richard Powers

#bodies #cobbled #desire #driven #human

There came a moment in my life when I realized that I had stepped into another part of my life. I used to walk into a room full of people and think, do they like me? And one day I walk in and I thought, do I like them? ↗

— Victoria Principal

#came #day #full #had #i

I never wear pants in my life. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss wearing pants. For the first time in my life, I miss my pants. ↗

— Emily Procter

#first time #i #life #miss #my life

I wanted to play piano in restaurants in the south of France. I went there on holiday once and I saw this guy playing in an old tuxedo. He was all disheveled, with a whisky glass on the piano. I thought that was the coolest thing. So what's happened to me with 'Twilight' isn't really what I'd planned. ↗

— Robert Pattinson

#coolest thing #france #glass #guy #happened

I have very, very low expenditures, but still I manage to spend it all. I guess Hot Pockets are more expensive than I thought. ↗

— Robert Pattinson

#expensive #guess #hot #i #low

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. ↗

— Jean Paul

#brought #change #characters #gentle #ones

A censor is an expert in cutting remarks. A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#cutting #expert #knows #man #more

I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it. ↗

— William Petersen

#attacks #during #going #had #i

People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#because #claims #clash #connections #empirical

I ought not to speak about the dead because the dead are all over the place. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#because #dead #i #ought #over