#though

The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#book #country #down #experiment #here

And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography. ↗

— Nicolas Roeg

#become #cinematography #craft #director #how

I would love for TNT to run the whole season at one point. I don't think that'll ever happen, though. ↗

— Elisabeth Rohm

#happen #i #love #point #run

The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine. ↗

— James Jeans

#great #like #look #machine #more

I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#involve #life #my life #out #public

Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be? ↗

— Billy Joel

#could #good #how #i #material

Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well. ↗

— Ma Jian

#flesh #mind #only #thoughts #tyrannies

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#fellows #having #misfortunes #thought #too

Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount. ↗

— Lara St. John

#children #ears #eyes #family #i

For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#became #enough #even #flaming #going