#r

His face and arms are so artfully disguised as to be invisible. I kneel beside him. “I guess all those hours decorating cakes paid off.” Peeta smiles. “Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#art

There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world. ↗

— Hillary DePiano

#happiness #laughter #art

With representation there to do the speaking, the guilty are suddenly given the freedom that comes with hiding behind the fact that they never said that - in fact, they never said anything! ↗

— Michael Musto

#behind #comes #fact #freedom #given

Oh, she didn't schlep me. I schlepped her, actually. I was the one who wanted to be an actress. ↗

— Ellen Muth

#actually #her #i #me #oh

Man, that kind of little honeybee just buzzes from flower to flower." "Maybe, but honey is sweet, you know? ↗

— Colleen Coover

#short-story #home

Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable. ↗

— Thomas Nagel

#intractable #makes #problem #really

You have to channel the interpretation and performance into 100 people. And with the audience, the critics. ↗

— Riccardo Muti

#channel #critics #interpretation #into #people

Sober Minds give the world a chance. True Love brings you Hope. Blind Faith moves mountains. And the main savior from despair is Laughter. ↗

— Lara Biyuts

#love #world #faith

Democrats single out glaring examples of tax preferences or spending priorities that favor the wealthy and Republicans cry 'class warfare!' ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#class warfare #cry #democrats #examples #favor

During my years as a press secretary, I developed a powerful internal filter, which worked to strip all things 'off message' from my thoughts before they came out of my mouth. It didn't always work, of course, and I said more than a few things I regretted. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#always #before #came #course #developed