#vent

I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#church #compose #did #faith #felt

The Boomers will eventually have to accept that it is not possible to stay forever young or to stop aging. But it is possible, by committing to show up for others in community after community, to earn a measure of immortality. ↗

— Eric Liu

#after #aging #boomers #committing #community

The problem with a popular art form is that those who want something more are in a hopeless minority compared with the millions who are always seeing it for the first time, or for the reassurance and gratification of seeing the conventions fulfilled again. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#conventionality #quality #repetitiveness #standards #art

While it may take generations of nurturing, nations founded on and grounded in freedom will eventually overcome and prosper. Once free, folks rarely accept anything less, and that includes Iraqis. ↗

— Trent Lott

#anything #eventually #folks #founded #free

I really wish I had invented the flip-flop. I love flip-flops. It's the one style of shoe I would be so proud of inventing: the Havaiana. ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#i #i love #invented #inventing #love

Mankind invents things to fight about. ↗

— Mike Love

#fight #invents #mankind #things

These are some of the things for which we believe the American people owe no little gratitude to the Dutch; and these are the things for which today, speaking in the name of the American people, we venture to express their heartfelt thanks. ↗

— Seth Low

#american people #believe #dutch #express #gratitude

Feminine virtue is nothing but a convenient masculine invention. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

#feminine #invention #masculine #nothing #virtue

The tango is really a combination of many cultures, though it eventually became the national music of Argentina. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#became #combination #cultures #eventually #many

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. ↗

— Norman Maclean

#eventually #into #merge #river #runs