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The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance. ↗

— George Eliot

#beginning #definite #get #ignorance #our

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#done #due #feel #half #harm

The kind of acting I used to enjoy no longer exists because your prime consideration is the budget, running time, the cost - and whether they'll understand it in Milwaukee. ↗

— Dirk Bogarde

#because #budget #consideration #cost #enjoy

Because, when I'm making music, I don't think about anything, you know? All I think about is what I want to hear. So that for me is what I want - I want my head to be constantly being rearranged. ↗

— Tom Jenkinson

#anything #because #being #constantly #head

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#important thing #little #most #poets #possible

So many people are walking around looking so grim all the time. I just never understand why. ↗

— Lindy Boggs

#grim #i #just #looking #many

A small venue is so much more intimate and loose. You can actually be more spontaneous, I feel. ↗

— Suzy Bogguss

#feel #i #i feel #intimate #loose

I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh. ↗

— Bob Uecker

#anything #career #did #i #ignorant

They told me I had been sick twelve days, lying like dead all the while, and that Whirlwind Chaser, who was Standing Bear's uncle and a medicine man, had brought me back to life. ↗

— Black Elk

#bear #been #brought #chaser #days

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that. ↗

— Linda Ellerbee

#courage #form #humans #i #i think