#tin

The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in the demands made by our senses, which always in their turns demand to be occupied. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#always #brought #cause #centuries #continually

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to work for him. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#every time #expecting #expects #him #his

My character Lena is somebody who responds to people in a very simple way. I didn't have to take myself off to a darkened room to concentrate, I just had to try and be open. It's an interesting, subtle relationship. ↗

— Emily Watson

#concentrate #darkened #had #i #interesting

Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting. ↗

— Robert Frost

#disagreeing #thinking #voting

People don't really understand, but having people stare, and point, and take pictures, even if it is in a positive framework, is quite isolating; there's no two ways about it. You feel a little bit, you know, freakish. ↗

— Emma Watson

#bit #even #feel #framework #having

You know, fate intervened. I went on to the DCMS committee to have a quieter life before the phone hacking scandal broke, and then ended up investigating the company that had libelled me previously when I was a minister. ↗

— Tom A. Watson

#broke #committee #company #ended #fate

This was a report from a single source. It was an established and reliable line of reporting. It was quoted from a senior Iraqi military officer in a position to know this information. ↗

— John Scarlett

#information #iraqi #know #line #military

I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But I have to get the right project. I don't think it's so important to go to Hollywood. All that trash that comes out of there! I don't want to do that. ↗

— Ziyi Zhang

#comes #europe #get #go #hollywood

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#desires #feet #like #off #our

I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#course #day #i #i think #little