#us

They were opposite in so many ways, but it was the kind of difference that was balancing-her softness with his steel, his instinct and her logic. He was teaching her by example to have courage in the face of fear, and she badly wanted to help him give voice to his grief and understand it was all right to feel pain. ↗

— Melissa Cutler

#contemporary #romance #suspense #courage

The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that's not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it's a power - not being yourself, and being in the role; it's just like another prop. ↗

— Reese Witherspoon

#anything #being #being yourself #get #into

You have that one basic string, but it can vibrate in many ways. But we're trying to get a lot of particles because experimental physicists have discovered a lot of particles. ↗

— Edward Witten

#because #discovered #experimental #get #lot

A man's thinking goes on within his consciousness in a seclusion in comparison with which any physical seclusion is an exhibition to public view. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

#comparison #consciousness #exhibition #goes #his

Pauley Perrette: I was a criminal science fanatic and went to study it in college as well and I think that helped me on NCIS because I was comfortable with the language, I had studied criminal science in school for years. ↗

— Pauley Perrette

#college #comfortable #criminal #fanatic #had

I don't want foreign policy developed just by one party and ride roughshod over the other party. ↗

— Charles H. Percy

#foreign #foreign policy #i #just #other

I don't consciously do anything to maintain a unique voice. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#consciously #i #maintain #unique #unique voice

I wish I could say I gulp pure courage as I run, like those brave little girls you read about in stories, ... But this burst of speed comes from an older adrenaline, some limbic other. Not courage, but a deeper terror. I don't want to be left alone. And I am ready to defend Ossie against whatever monster I encounter, ... and save her for myself. ↗

— Karen Russell

#karen-russell #courage

A great idea is usually original to more than one discoverer. Great ideas come when the world needs them. Great ideas surround the world's ignorance and press for admission. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

#come #discoverer #great #great idea #great ideas

Bin Laden comes out of a business background - he studied public administration and economics at university, and he worked for his family company, which was obviously a rather successful enterprise. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

#background #bin #business #comes #company