#stan

When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#behavior #believing #civilized #control #crop

Meanwhile, our young men and women whose economic circumstances make military service a viable career choice are dying bravely in a war with no end in sight. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#career #career choice #choice #circumstances #dying

I am hoping this is my year to have children. I understand that I am possibly more European in my views of marriage. I am not going to say I'm not going to get married, but it's not my priority. ↗

— Emily Procter

#children #european #get #get married #going

Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

#constant #even #faithful #mistress #threats

People don't understand that it was maybe my biggest pleasure to drive an F1 car when it's wet. ↗

— Alain Prost

#car #drive #f1 #maybe #people

It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better. ↗

— Alain Prost

#always #better #bit #contact #direct

Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#come #doctor #intelligence #intelligent #intelligent people

I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me - one of them being Star Wars. ↗

— David Prowse

#clockwork #director #doors #i #kubrick

I'm just here and I'm doin' the best I can. If you don't understand that, then what can I do? ↗

— Paul Prudhomme

#doin #here #i #i can #i do

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#i #myself #need #stories #tell