#pi

It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility. ↗

— David Gower

#actions #best #give #helping #him

For a country is not merely a piece of earth; it is, above all, a compendium of social, cultural, and historical factors which begin to acquire sense and order through the process of writing. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#acquire #begin #country #cultural #earth

That's the wonderful thing about the human heart, there's room enough for all kinds of love. ↗

— Heather Gudenkauf

#inspirational #love #family

In my opinion, the most significant works of the twentieth century are those that rise beyond the conceptual tyranny of genre; they are, at the same time, poetry, criticism, narrative, drama, etc. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#century #conceptual #criticism #drama #etc

In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that would end the abuses and injustices of capitalism and the privileges of a bureaucratic caste, collective faith does not exist. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#bureaucratic #capitalism #caste #collective #created

The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#because #cannot #feign #himself #innocence

As far as my dreams go, all I want to do is be a working actor, and I happily achieved that. ↗

— Lucas Grabeel

#actor #as far as #dreams #far #go

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#always #leave #miserable #otherwise #something

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#great #great piece #guide #how #know

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#because #busy #dark #dark side #denying