#thing

There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that progress has nothing to do with the chronology of an idea. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#confusion #equates #idea #new #nothing

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once. ↗

— Woody Allen

#happening #keeping #nature #once #time

Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it. ↗

— Woody Allen

#eternal #fine #happen #nothingness #you

I have learned many things in the 30 years that I have been writing. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#i #i have learned #learned #many #things

If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right. ↗

— Woody Allen

#doing #films #i #know #profit

When I joined Granada - which, you don't want to start crying about these things, but Granada was a very, very hot place to be, it was my good fortune to be there at that time - the BBC was firmly asleep. ↗

— Michael Apted

#asleep #bbc #crying #firmly #fortune

The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#books #fact #get #great #i

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#great talent #power #such #talent #thing

Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#greatest #history #look #men #people

Look for someone who has a complete life without you in it. If you have a person you don't need for anything, that's ideal. You're just together because you really want to be. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#because #complete #ideal #just #life