#rin

But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition. ↗

— Lascelles Abercrombie

#does #epic #exact #forward #go

I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle. ↗

— Henry Addington

#hate #i #lack #liberality #nine

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#choose #down #exact #full #genius

I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it. ↗

— Adele

#any #been #cold #curtain #day

When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn't be any press without the censorship. ↗

— Kate Adie

#any #british #censorship #covering #fact

One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#does #love #oneself #opening #risk

I'm experimental by nature... always exploring my creativity. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#creativity #experimental #exploring #i #nature

To make films is as boring as watching paint dry - you usually have to do little tiny bits here and there. You go off waiting for lighting, you come back - the energy dies. You hope you can find someone who can keep it going. ↗

— Jenny Agutter

#bits #boring #come #dies #dry

Well, there are certain words and emotions I don't want kids hearing, and I'm not changing because they think it's going to sell better. This is going to sound horrible, but I got 12 million votes doing what I did. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#better #certain #changing #did #doing

I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director. ↗

— Debbie Allen

#although #always #because #both #dailies