#were

If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#bible #go #mad #must #seriously

Surfboards were everywhere. When I got my first new board, I was probably in kindergarten. ↗

— Brandon Cruz

#everywhere #first #got #i #kindergarten

I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I think struck me when I read Bushido is compassion. 'If there's no one there to help, go out and find someone to help.' That hit me, because I try to lead my life like that. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#because #compassion #find #go #help

As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, "This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever." ↗

— Tom Cruise

#actor #before #define #doing #forever

Man, I just feel blessed... I was in a situation where the only way I could come out of it was by putting my faith in God. No matter how good my lawyers were, no matter how much celebrity I had, everything was just stacked up against me. ↗

— Puff Daddy

#against #blessed #celebrity #come #could

Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up on the platform in armchairs, facing us. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#benches #facing #hall #held #perched

I was about twenty and the Beatles were meditating and I heard about it and they had a center in New York and I came to the center and I learned about it. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#beatles #came #center #had #heard

Silver Machine still sounds really modern with all the white noise. It's a bit punky in a way. They were ahead of their time. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#bit #machine #modern #noise #really

Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age. ↗

— Joel Coen

#burden #driving #education #father #jew

You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it. ↗

— Jonathan Coe

#began #go #impact #mad #might