#table

Lovers of painting and lovers of music are people who openly display their preference like a delectable ailment that isolates them and makes them proud. ↗

— Maurice Blanchot

#delectable #display #isolates #like #lovers

The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life. ↗

— Eleanora Duse

#create #door #happiness #isolation #life

I don't do a film unless it has a sword in it. And if it doesn't have a sword in it, I insist that they have one in the same room to keep me comfortable. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#film #i #insist #keep #me

Pete Dj Jones was the first person that I saw with 2 turntables. This was 1972. ↗

— Kurtis Blow

#first #i #jones #person #pete

So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#actually #bad #because #comfortable #day

I tell my students, if you ever become comfortable with your role as criminal defense lawyer, it's time to quit. It should be a constant source of discomfort, because you're dealing with incredible moral ambiguity, and you've been cast into a role which is not enviable. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#because #become #been #cast #comfortable

Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will. ↗

— Tony Blair

#act #community #conflict #default #disarmament

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow. ↗

— William Blake

#eternal world #faint #imagination #real #shadow

I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going. ↗

— Celine Dion

#family #going #i #kitchen #kitchen table

I began acting at age eight, but if you don't stay on your game then people pass on you. Being on a show, it's a little easy to get comfortable, so I'm trying to get back on it. I'm taking some acting classes and watching movies, and I'm just trying to stay up with other actors. ↗

— Jason Dohring

#age #back #began #being #classes