#sense

When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort of stumbled on, and many that I had no control over whatsoever. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#actually #back #control #decisions #few

But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense. ↗

— Charles Ives

#better #curious #definiteness #extravagant #hope

I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is 80% permanently unemployed. So, to be working in any sense is to be privileged. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#am #any #conscious #fact #i

It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that was luxurious and within hailing distance of civilization. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#checked #civilization #could #distance #hard

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#becomes #difficult #exceed #expectations #fine

I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way. ↗

— Kiefer Sutherland

#gotten #humour #i #i think #laugh

On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#declined #enthusiasm #everything #grandma #hand

People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#countries #democracy #doubt #great #i

Pro football gave me a good sense of perspective to enter politics: I'd already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded and hung in effigy. ↗

— Jack Kemp

#been #booed #cheered #cut #enter

For me, compatibility is a sense of humour, being able to laugh together; that is very important. ↗

— Felicity Kendal

#being #compatibility #humour #important #laugh