#terri

If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam. ↗

— Abdurrahman Wahid

#because #belief #cling #danger #defend

Poets, we know, are terribly sensitive people, and in my observation one of the things they are most sensitive about is money. ↗

— Robert Penn Warren

#know #money #most #observation #people

I doubt she likes the idea of seeing him put back in a cage.” “Maybe not,” he said. “But she knows that the Authority are the only people who might be able to help him.” “Or kill him,” I said. “That too. What is life without risk?” “Long?” Terric laughed, a sort of high whooping that made me—and Zayvion, much to my surprise—smile. Contagious. For all he had a serious exterior, Terric was the guy you’d want to sit next to at a funny movie, just to hear him laugh. ↗

— Devon Monk

#devon-monk #terric #zay #funny

Minds that have withered into psychosis are far more terrifying than any character of fiction. ↗

— Christian Baloga

#bipolar #character #christian-baloga #crazy #emotional

I'm not happy on vacation. In those rare times when I have three hours with no work I have to do, I'm terribly uncomfortable. ↗

— Scott Adams

#hours #i #rare #terribly #those

My feelings about myself have been terrible. ↗

— Alvin Ailey

#been #feelings #myself #terrible

I was at the Royal Art School. That was a preparatory school specially for art teachers. You see, it was not so much for the development of artists. But we had there terribly stiff training. ↗

— Josef Albers

#art school #artists #development #had #i

The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#been #effort #espionage #had #human

You know, it is a terrible thing to appear on television, because people think that you actually know what you're talking about. ↗

— David Attenborough

#actually #appear #because #know #people

Paul Lucas had a particularly amusing accent, so I chuckled. That was terrible; I shouldn't have done that, but he took it too big. He got up and said he couldn't work with people who laughed at him! ↗

— Fay Wray

#amusing #big #done #got #had