#p

The brightest flashes in the world of thought are incomplete until they have been proven to have their counterparts in the world of fact. ↗

— John Tyndall

#brightest #counterparts #fact #flashes #incomplete

In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform. ↗

— Cicely Tyson

#address #afford #being #career #could

Some genres I'm not a huge fan of but there are always exceptions that break the rules. There are always a few people doing it in a way weird enough to grab my attention. ↗

— Ville Valo

#attention #break #doing #enough #exceptions

I cast myself at him, like a fool, but he didn't see me. And then one day he noticed I was beautiful and he wanted me. He broke me off and took me with him, in his hands, and I didn't care that I was dying until I actually was. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#poem #beauty

I hate it when politics play too large part in the sport. ↗

— Jacques Villeneuve

#i #large #part #play #politics

Katar," said Britta, "I thought you would want to stay with your friends from home while they were here, so I had your things moved from your room in the delegates' wing." "You can have my things brought in too," said Peder, throwing himself onto the nearest bed. He sighed as he sank into the soft mattress and rolled onto his side. "Um... I don't think boys are-" Britta began. "Don't you mind me!" Peder pulled a blanket over his head. Miri didn't know how he could even pretend to fall asleep. She could barely keep from pacing. "Don't worry, Britta," said Esa. "We'll kick him out before night. Off to your fancy apprenticeship, big brother." She nudged Peder's shape under the blanket. Peder made an exaggerated snoring noise. ↗

— Shannon Hale

#esa #hale #humor #katar #miri

To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#large number #means #merely #nowadays #number

What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am? ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#being #could #greatest #greatest pleasure #i

Meeting your adoptive baby is like being set up on a blind date with someone you will have to spend the next eighteen years with. You care about looks, because you desperately want to fall in love with the stranger who will be your child. ↗

— Jana Wolff

#dating

Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud. ↗

— Gerald Vann

#asking #exactly #fail #fraud #just