#pro

My landlady, who is only a tailor's widow, reads her Milton; and tells me, that her late husband first fell in love with her on this very account: because she read Milton with such proper emphasis. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

#because #emphasis #fell #first #her

A proverb is good sense brought to a point. ↗

— John Morley

#good #good sense #point #proverb #sense

Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law. ↗

— John Morley

#evolution #force #law #process

They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular. ↗

— John Morley

#act #any #general #improvement #mankind

You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration. ↗

— John Morley

#cannot #demonstrate #emotion #prove #you

I have this very strange sensitive skin. If I put anything on it but this one product, it erupts into a rash. ↗

— Rebecca De Mornay

#i #into #product #put #rash

I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let the insecurity of my profession get the better of me and make me crazy. I'm trying to find a way to maintain my own personal balance in the midst of everything. ↗

— Rebecca De Mornay

#been #better #big #crazy #everything

When I was very young I wanted to be a professional horseback rider. Then I wanted to be a pop singer. Then I wanted to be a psychiatrist. Then I wanted to be a movie director. ↗

— Rebecca De Mornay

#horseback #i #movie #movie director #pop

Vivien Leigh was a phenomenal actress, a very complicated woman, living on the edge of mental problems, haunted by demons and angels. And though I've never thought of myself like Marilyn Monroe, I was inspired by the tremendous risk she took - of being vulnerable. ↗

— Rebecca De Mornay

#angels #being #complicated #demons #edge

I think it would be stupid for us to try and tell people who are dancing in a discotheque about the problems of the world. That is the very thing they have come away to avoid. ↗

— Giorgio Moroder

#avoid #away #come #dancing #i