#part

The images I like best are parts of series that I've started, in some cases, with the pregnancies of the mothers of the children in question, and I continue that series right on through the birth of children to the child that resulted from that first pregnancy. ↗

— Jock Sturges

#birth #cases #child #children #continue

The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its production, - is fine wool. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#climate #colonies #fine #more #new

Although I never publicly defended promiscuity, I never publicly attacked it. I attempted to avoid the subject, in part because I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

#attacked #attempted #avoid #because #defended

We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about. ↗

— Anne Sullivan

#cry #feel #like #make #nice

Did you know, that one night; one moonless, clear, shining night; with the shadowy silhouettes of trees crisp against the star-filled sky – I, on the high, level terrace of my flat, stretched out my hand! Against all odds and possibilities of unbelief and grief – a life of searchings, discontent, and a nagging sense of unreality… A spider-web intuition of a spread-out, intricate illusion that wilfully withheld the truth from me. ↗

— Radhika Mukherjee

#longing #our-particular-shadows #questioning #radhika-mukherjee #beauty

Seeing a live Kenny Chesney show, you know what you're going to get. You know it's going to be an all-day party. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#going #kenny #know #live #party

But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#because #certain #conclusions #elements #four

I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am president the less of a party man I seem to become. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#am #become #constant #disappointment #fact

I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#around #back #been #brutality #cynicism

The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so you had actors who were afraid of the camera, and directors who couldn't talk to the actors. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#camera #colleges #departments #directors #film