#thro

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#asks #creates #empathy #eyes #fiction

It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean, then it exists. Otherwise, throw it away. ↗

— Klaus Kinski

#book #enough #exists #ocean #otherwise

The logic is often far-fetched - how does medical marijuana affect interstate commerce? - and some conservatives would like judges to start throwing out federal laws wholesale on commerce clause grounds. The court once again said no thanks. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#again #clause #commerce #conservatives #court

There was a stage when Balanchine and I didn't talk. I was trying to develop my classical technique as opposed to the fast-track technique that he was pushing. We were very quiet with each other. But after two years he saw what I was doing and sent messages through other people that, yes, this is good. ↗

— Gelsey Kirkland

#classical #develop #doing #each #good

You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look. ↗

— Gelsey Kirkland

#being #break #feel #got #heavier

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#conclude #fundamental #human #i #institutions

When times get tough, at some point, people instinctively know they need to lighten up in order to get through it. ↗

— Allen Klein

#instinctively #know #lighten #need #order

Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor. ↗

— Allen Klein

#great #great leaders #history #humor #known

In the fifties I had dreams about touching a naked woman and she would turn to bronze or the dream about hot dogs chasing donuts through the Lincoln Tunnel. ↗

— Robert Klein

#bronze #chasing #dogs #donuts #dream

And then '74 as I mentioned and then the 1990 world cup was our team was the team of the reunification you know, so we were the team for both sides of Germany so now, you know throughout the last 16 years, we've melted together. And now comes the next milestone. ↗

— Jurgen Klinsmann

#both sides #comes #cup #germany #i