#wards

But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#certain #characters #dictated #farmer #fisherman

In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are high-energy processes, will radiate more in the short wavelength range towards the gamma rays or the x-rays. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#general #more #objects #processes #range

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us. ↗

— Earl Nightingale

#determines #others #our #their #towards

So this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards. So this is how you pray. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#how #inward #outwards #pray #swim

All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music. ↗

— Walter Pater

#aspires #condition #constantly #music #towards

I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#ancestors #backwards #forwards #had #i

You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do gravitate towards things that you would get off on. ↗

— Bill Paxton

#chose #doing #fortunate #get #gravitate

The reality is that we have all these awards and all these festivals that give out awards, so you sort of go, 'okay, well, people liked the film, and I think it's a good film, and it's up for an award - well, I guess it should win the award then.' ↗

— Guy Pearce

#awards #festivals #film #give #go

When President Jiang Zemin visited India in 1996, the two sides decided that they would jointly build a constructive partnership of cooperation oriented towards the 21st century. ↗

— Li Peng

#build #century #constructive #cooperation #decided

Shortly afterwards, I did a third one to repair the robotic arm of the station. This arm plays a very important role in the ongoing expansion of the station as well as in the deployment of solar panels. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#arm #deployment #did #expansion #i