#ten

The true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection. ↗

— Ludwig Bemelmans

#comes #constantly #creatures #existent #finding

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#i #leave #life #model #moment

Nothingness haunts Being. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#existentialism

Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#both #career #complexities #different #dignity

Better be without sense than misapply it as you do. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen

It's a big part of what we do - we test our movies extensively. I'm always there myself. It's sometimes difficult to sit through, especially if it's a version of the movie that's not working particularly well. ↗

— Bobby Farrelly

#big #difficult #especially #extensively #i

The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices. ↗

— Richard Cobden

#commerce #depends #diffusion #education #foreign

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. (Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo) ↗

— Epicurus

#existence #life #death

I steal into their dreams," he said. "I steal into their most shameful thoughts, I'm in every shiver, every spasm of their souls, I steal into their hearts, I scrutinize their most fundamental beliefs, I scan their irrational impulses, their unspeakable emotions, I sleep in their lungs during the summer and their muscles during the winter, and all of this I do without the least effort, without intending to, without asking or seeking it out, without constraints, driven only by love and devotion. ↗

— Roberto Bolaño

#intensity #love #dreams

Plans make dreams reality. ↗

— Susan Pace-Koch

#children #cowboys #dinosaurs #kids #kittens