#tempo

Philip Larkin has a tough honesty and sense of humor that I find irresistible, as a contemporary poet. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#find #honesty #humor #i #irresistible

If I let you go are you going to hit me again?” “What do you think?” “Then I’m not going to let you go. ↗

— Sarah Mayberry

#funny #humour #romance #funny

Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death can help you deal with contemporary challenges. ↗

— Russell M. Nelson

#challenges #contemplation #contemporary #deal #death

[while dancing] The man who was supposed to be her new partner had taken the caller’s final instruction to extremes. From the way Adam’s mouth was locked against Kitty’s he seemed to be anticipating not a temporary split but a lengthy separation. More of a French Fancy than a farmer’s fancy, thought Coralie. ↗

— Christine Stovell

#romantic-comedy #romantic

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore. ↗

— Brian De Palma

#because #contemporary #i #i think #live

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#conception #contemporary #contemporary society #few #getting

Before I started LimoLand, I mainly bought my clothes in Harlem, where I found clothing my size in fun colors. I still like to go there and see the vibrancy and colors of the neighborhood. I am also very influenced by the colors of my contemporary African and Japanese art collections. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

#also #am #art #before #bought

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#adopt #considerable #either #else #fads

The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story. ↗

— Yann Martel

#fable #moral #story #temporary

My background is somewhat unusual, as I trained to be a ballet dancer. I worked in the theatre for eight or nine years as a contemporary dancer. But as an actor one does read Shakespeare and does try to learn the classics. ↗

— William Kempe

#background #ballet #ballet dancer #classics #contemporary