#stance

I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance. ↗

— David Bowie

#big #i #important #instance #me

The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once. ↗

— F. H. Bradley

#better #blow #depends #either #fly

It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in, surely, precisely when the conditions are extreme and the situation is abnormal. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#about #brought #circumstances #conditions #criteria

I'm drawn to the path of least resistance. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#i #least #path #resistance

I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#any #art #art form #artists #character

The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#cannot #debate #feel #human #human life

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#covered #cut #generally #hoop #leather

You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case. ↗

— Deborah Bull

#ballet #bulk #case #example #for example

So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask,'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?' ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#came #i #improvise #instance #instrument

As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#become #dreams #i #life #live