#stan

I am an English major in school with an emphasis in creative writing. I think hearing Maya Angelou speak at school last year was one of the best moments Stanford, at least, intellectually, had to offer. ↗

— Fred Savage

#angelou #best #creative #creative writing #emphasis

The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#always #explores #sense #smell #substances

There is only so much I can understand and not screw up. ↗

— David Krumholtz

#i can #much #only #screw #understand

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#even #fear #great #help #made

There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#complexity #country #opposed #something #understanding

I don't cry America. I do not cry. That was a once in a lifetime event. I do not cry, do you understand? I don't cry, okay? ↗

— Jacob Lusk

#cry #event #i #i do #lifetime

Football, basketball, and the Olympic sports all have their problems with banned substances. ↗

— Jim Sensenbrenner

#basketball #football #olympic #problems #sports

But what does interest me is the notion that if you do a lot of work it means there's a potential for other people to understand that a lot of things are possible with a sustained effort and that the broadening of experiences is possible and I think that's all art can be. ↗

— Richard Serra

#broadening #does #effort #experiences #i

The name Peace River itself is the monument of a successful effort on the part of the Company to bring about a better understanding between the Crees and the Beavers. ↗

— Ernest Thompson Seton

#beavers #better #between #bring #company

I don't waste any time at all. I have no time at all for people who are being very negative or people who are very whiny or people who feel sorry for themselves. I tend to go to them and just say, you don't understand how incredible life is and how precious it is. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#being #feel #go #how #i