#pet

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar. ↗

— Mike Figgis

#classical guitar #guitar #i #piano #play

I am terrible at video games and I am really competitive. And if I am not the best at something, I go absolutely crazy! ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#am #best #competitive #crazy #games

When two or three people come together in the name of Neverland then I will be there amidst them or if I am too busy or have a better offer, then I will send a proxy or you can just have the tantrum without me, whatever.” (King James Version: Gospel of St. Peter (of Pan)Verse: Blah Paragraph: Blah, blah ↗

— Daniel Prokop

#humor #leaving-neverland #peter-pan #business

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#craves #ear #eye #familiar #hand

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#desires #flesh #hard #impressions #make

My ultimate is Peter Sellers - his ability to go broad and somehow humanize that and be hilarious at the same time. He was just relatable, real at the same time as insane. I find Ricky Gervais absolutely hilarious. Steve Martin is another hero of mine - he's a genius. ↗

— Hank Azaria

#absolutely #another #broad #find #genius

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#down #family #idea #interesting #interesting idea

My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#also #although #better #body #compete

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. ↗

— Washington Allston

#himself #man #only #wise #wise man

But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#does #epic #exact #forward #go