#tan

And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#each #face #hero #his #light

When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore. ↗

— Nigel Farage

#anybody #anymore #been #believes #eu

I feel it's important to talk about the complex issues affecting us. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#affecting #complex #feel #i #i feel

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American tradition were only the Puritan tradition or the 19th century oppressive tradition. The Christian tradition. ↗

— James Hillman

#about #american #american tradition #century #christian

Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq - a war more than a year away. ↗

— Bob Graham

#away #being #compromised #equipment #franks

Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#different #different angles #especially #good #iranian

It's hard to beat the visceral high of playing live and creating something spontaneous. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#creating #hard #high #live #playing

To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the disturbance, the greater the possibility of misunderstanding. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#disturbed #greater #having #misunderstanding #misunderstood

I'm beginning to understand myself. But it would have been great to be able to understand myself when I was 20 rather than when I was 82. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#been #beginning #great #i #myself

Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#constitution #democracy #discipline #disciplined #freedom