#rin

The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#basis #chose #eternal #eternal peace #japanese

Many people - and I think I am one of them - are more productive when they've had a little to drink. I find if I drink two or three brandies, I'm far better able to write. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#am #better #drink #far #find

Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that mine are new advertising campaigns. ↗

— David Ogilvy

#babies #bringing #campaigns #except #i

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. ↗

— Ben Okri

#authentic #capacity #create #endure #greater

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it. ↗

— Ben Okri

#book #bring #creative #creative act #like

When you can imagine you begin to create and when you begin to create you realize that you can create a world that you prefer to live in, rather than a world that you're suffering in. ↗

— Ben Okri

#create #imagine #live #prefer #rather

During our stay in London for the first time I was able to establish personal contact with some of the organic chemists, whose work I knew and admired from the literature. I found them most gracious and helpful. ↗

— George Andrew Olah

#admired #chemists #contact #during #establish

Being from Africa is the best thing that could have ever, ever happened to me. I cannot see it any other way. All of my fundamental principles that were instilled in me in my home, from my childhood, are still with me. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#any #being #best #cannot #childhood

It was in 1969 that I was able to give up my administrative responsibility. As I worked hard my research never suffered during this period and as a matter of fact these were probably some of my most productive years. ↗

— George Andrew Olah

#administrative #during #fact #give #hard

Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the winter Olympics. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#during #easter #holidays #ice #jewish