#table

Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#comfortable #condition #desirable #fathers #good-natured

I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table. ↗

— Patrick White

#closed #developed #dining #door #habit

As for when to reform the yuan, there is no timetable yet. ↗

— Wu Yi

#timetable #yet #yuan

Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination. ↗

— Henri Poincare

#combination #felt #i #ideas #making

I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#answer #ask #comfortable #i #i always

President Obama has been attacking relentlessly. In 2008 he said that if you're out of fresh ideas you use stale tactics against your opponent - you try and make your opponent unacceptable and that's what he is trying to do. ↗

— Rob Portman

#attacking #been #fresh #fresh ideas #ideas

Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable. ↗

— Parker Posey

#around #been #being #best #choices

I think I'm a really good partner and very sensitive to the other person's feelings. I want somebody else to be comfortable, to understand about my job, and if they want to come on a set and see me work, they always can. ↗

— Franka Potente

#always #come #comfortable #else #feelings

I'm so uncomfortable, especially in emotional situations, having to say sentences that don't feel right. As an actor - or really, as any kind of person sensitive to it. ↗

— Franka Potente

#any #emotional #especially #feel #having

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#forever #forgotten #lasts #lists #need