#up

You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's what I got the most out of this year. I know what other coaches like to do. ↗

— Isaiah Thomas

#bench #coaches #got #guy #i

I once saw a snake having sex with a vulture, and I thought, It’s just business as usual in Washington DC.
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— Jarod Kintz

#corruption #filth #normal #politicians #politics

But you're so busy changing the world Just one smile can change all of mine ↗

— Jack Johnson

#couples #love #smile #song #business

Growing up is such a barbarous business, full of inconvenience... and pimples. ↗

— J.M. Barrie

#growing-up #business

My biggest problem with modernity may lie in the growing separation of the ethical and the legal ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#corruption #court-system #courts #ethical-behaviour #ethics

Our lives are businesses that are sometimes run by idiots. ↗

— Patrick Reinken

#life-and-living #mistakes #stupidity #business

No, i'm too busy trying to deflect your power of stupidity. But i don't think i'm strong enought ↗

— Kami Garcia

#stupidity #business

Fantastic literature has been especially prominent in times of unrest, when the older values have been overthrown to make way for the new; it has often accompanied or predicted change, and served to shake up rational Complacency, challenging reason and reminding man of his darker nature. Its popularity has had its ups and downs, and it has always been the preserve of a small literary minority. As a natural challenger of classical values, it is rarely part of a culture's literary mainstream, expressing the spirit of the age; but it is an important dissenting voice, a reminder of the vast mysteries of existence, sometimes truly metaphysical in scope, but more often merely riddling. ↗

— Franz Rottensteiner

#fantastique #fantasy #genre #horror #literature

Superman stands alone. Superman did not become Superman, Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he is Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. His outfit with the big red S is the blanket he was wrapped in as a baby when the Kents found him. Those are his clothes. What Kent wears, the glasses the business suit, that's the costume. That's the costume Superman wears to blend in with us. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He's weak, unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race, sort of like Beatrix Kiddo and Mrs. Tommy Plumpton. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#killbill #superman #business

He did not care for the lying at first. He hated it. Then later he had come to like it. It was part of being an insider but it was a very corrupting business. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#business