#ted

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity. ↗

— Rosalind Russell

#insensible #man #prosperity #relish #tasted

You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters' thoughts with great understanding and depth. ↗

— Richard Russo

#characters #depth #enters #great #her

Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession. ↗

— Frederick Sanger

#appeared #before #better #career #concentrate

I've always been interested in how to present something that relates to our reality - which is not really... I don't even know if documentary itself does as good a job. It has its own problems in trying to get at the reality of the situation. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#been #documentary #does #even #get

A logical analysis of reflexive usages in French shows, however, that this simplicity is an illusion and that, so far from helping the foreigner, it is more calculated to bother him. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#bother #calculated #far #foreigner #french

As a matter of fact, a national language which spreads beyond its own confines very quickly loses much of its original richness of content and is in no better case than a constructed language. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#beyond #case #confines #constructed #content

I wanted him to love me, and I'm quite sure that he didn't. ↗

— Dick Sargent

#i #love #love me #me #quite

One congressman asked 'I just want to know if you've accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior. The minister looked stunned, and he said 'no.' The whole table almost fell on the floor. The congressman was quite serious. That was his litmus test. ↗

— Jim Sasser

#almost #asked #christ #congressman #fell

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. ↗

— Virginia Satir

#atmosphere #communication #differences #family #feelings

In photography there are no shadows that cannot be illuminated. ↗

— August Sander

#illuminated #photography #shadows