#plea

What it was at the time was literally a plea for, to get the pressure off for a while, to give her space to breathe. She was very unhappy. She was feeling pretty claustrophobic. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#claustrophobic #feeling #get #give #her

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although I admit that on an informal basis, first contacts can be made in this language. Nevertheless, I will defend everywhere the use of the French language. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#although #basis #contacts #defend #english

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#air #bad #fresh #fresh air #good

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#game #genial #plays #pleasing #praise

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#despise #half #i #life #making

It's such a pleasant surprise when you come on set and you find someone in charge like Ken Branagh or James Ivory. You know that you're going to do a day's work and at the end of it, it's going to be good. ↗

— Anthony Hopkins

#come #day #end #find #going

I always knew in my heart Walt Whitman's mind to be more like my own than any other man's living. As he is a very great scoundrel this is not a pleasant confession. ↗

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

#any #confession #great #heart #i

Poets wish to profit or to please. ↗

— Horace

#poets #profit #wish

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. ↗

— Horace

#friend #great #great man #man #never

Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. ↗

— A. E. Housman

#almost #draw #even #extinguish #may