#tens

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#caught #cease #event #frightens #men

I've missed London so much for its fashion. No disrespect to the girls in Manchester, but some really do look like clones - there's a lot of hair extensions and fake tans. You're free to experiment down here. ↗

— Kaya Scodelario

#disrespect #down #experiment #extensions #fake

I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with. ↗

— Shakira

#children #day #i #intensity #love

I've become more relaxed. When I was younger, I had more erratic, nervous tension when I was working. ↗

— John Singleton

#erratic #had #i #more #nervous

It's the time of year when the literati give advice on what we should be reading on our summer holidays. These terrifying lists often leave me appalled at my own ignorance, but also suspicious about the pretension of their advocates. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#advice #also #appalled #give #holidays

I think it matters almost infinitely that we practice one of the authentic religions. But if you mean does it make any difference which. The answer is no, as long as each is followed with equal intensity, sincerity, dedication. ↗

— Huston Smith

#answer #any #authentic #dedication #difference

I listened to Kelley's record with pleasure. Great to hear real music with respect for the righteous roots. Her singing is outstanding - no frills, down to the bone and intense. ↗

— Jerry Wexler

#down #great #hear #her #i

Science fiction is an extension of science. ↗

— Len Wiseman

#fiction #science #science fiction

My sudden, unforeseen capitulation had knocked me backward, and I had nothing to hold on to. My internal weather was eerily calm, as if in a tornado's aftermath, birdsong, sunshine, supersaturated colors, wreckage all around, and myself, dazed and limping. ↗

— Kate Christensen

#kate-christensen #marriage #midle-age #poets #the-astral

Do whatever you do intensely. The artist is the man who leaves the crowd and goes pioneering. With him there is an idea which is his life. ↗

— Robert Henri

#intense-desire #pioneer #art