#reflect

To make a love story, you need a couple of young people, but to reflect on the nature of love, you're better off with old ones. That is a fact of life and literature - and of the novel ever since it fell in love with love in the 18th century. ↗

— James Buchan

#better #better off #century #couple #ever

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts. ↗

— Ken Burns

#contribution #country #genius #great #improvisation

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#basically #beat #bright #drawn #father

I punished myself and avoided my reflection in mirrors and any windows. I would see myself reflected back, and I would look away, trying to pretend I didn't exist, because I hated myself so much. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#avoided #away #back #because #exist

Now I know that Wal-Mart's policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#best #best way #business #doing #i

I think art can reflect tragedy. ↗

— John Corigliano

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I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very rare. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#asia #asian #experience #i #i think

When we are reflecting on terrorism we can grieve for many things we do and have done. ↗

— Mary Douglas

#grieve #many #reflecting #terrorism #things

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me. ↗

— Alexander Downer

#again #concerned #house #i #live

One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human. ↗

— Loren Eiseley

#does #eye #human #meet #oneself