#th

The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#because #death #devour #doomed #fate

Any relations in a social order will endure, if there is infused into them some of that spirit of human sympathy which qualifies life for immortality. ↗

— George William Russell

#endure #human #immortality #infused #into

The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ↗

— Charles M. Russell

#forget #her #lose #may #sweetheart

A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization. ↗

— Charles Marion Russell

#civilization #destroys #pioneer #things

I just love real characters, they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their loves, their hates, their passions; they're all right there on the surface. ↗

— David O. Russell

#dislikes #emotion #every #hates #i

I've done my best to work from a place of humility - always looking over your shoulder saying, "Does this suck?" and I think that's a good way to work. The other way to work is where you start to think, "I'm on fire, I'm amazing!" and I don't think that's the way to work. ↗

— David O. Russell

#amazing #best #does #done #fire

I got a nomination for director, which means the world to me; it's just the most exciting thing for me and my family. You do the good hard work, and the rest of it is something you shouldn't get too caught up in, but when it happens - boy! I respect it. ↗

— David O. Russell

#caught #director #exciting #exciting thing #family

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing. ↗

— David O. Russell

#character #closer #doing #emotional #feel

I worshipped dead men for their strength, forgetting I was strong. ↗

— Vita Sackville-West

#forgetting #i #men #strength #strong

Hence we did not foster competition in our school, on the contrary. ↗

— Dora Russell

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