#thou

Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#enemy #flattering #friend #illusions #thought

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughts of other men by reason of respect or natural love. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#him #life #love #man #men

Oh, that character was light years away from me. I'm not debonair. I'm not suave. I did wear tight pants, though, because I found out that it worked. ↗

— Robert Conrad

#because #character #debonair #did #found

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#ate #being #food #had #house

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#i #interested #playwright #stories #telling

The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#back #college #could #doing #enthusiasm

Following the devastating India Ocean tsunami of 2004, I founded Chefs for Humanity, modeled after Doctors Without Borders, but comprised of chefs. There wasn't anything out there like it, and there was a definite need for chefs to be able to offer assistance and aid. ↗

— Cat Cora

#after #aid #anything #assistance #borders

I wanted so badly to be straight like my friends. But I couldn't change it any more than I could change having brown eyes. And I knew I would never fit into what kids thought was normal. ↗

— Cat Cora

#badly #brown #change #could #eyes

Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life without feeling his utter dependence on supernatural powers. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#dependence #falling #feeling #his #know

I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my private life so people could seriously accept me in different things. ↗

— John Corbett

#act #could #different #different things #i