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Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband). ↗

— James Thurber

#bed #butler #cope #described #formidable

I don't know how to play easy. ↗

— Ray Knight

#how #i #know #play

I've always been a rough kid. ↗

— Ray Knight

#been #i #kid #rough

Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater. ↗

— Shirley Knight

#certain #certain level #film #film actors #get

There's no place to act in Kansas. You're supressed. ↗

— Shirley Knight

#kansas #place #you

This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I can't see John when I wake up in the morning, I can always feel him here with me. ↗

— Shirley Knight

#even #feel #gardens #here #him

Sometimes he spend hours together in the great libraries of Paris, those catacombs of departed authors, rummaging among their hoards of dusty and obsolete works in quest of food for his unhealthy appetite. He was, in a manner, a literary ghoul, feeding in the charnel-house of decayed literature." From "The Adventure of the German Student ↗

— Washington Irving

#literature #reading #food

There is one food that scientific research has show has a strong positive association with increased longevity in humans. So which food do you think that is? The answer is raw leafy greens. Normally referred to as salad. Leafy greens such as romaine lettuce, kale, collards, swiss chard and spinach, are the most nutrient dense of all foods. ↗

— Joel Fuhrman

#greens #health #nutrition #food

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

#abyss #battle #courage #die #entering

The best revenge in the world is success. ↗

— Suge Knight

#revenge #success #world