#which

In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being about as strong as ours from which we had driven them back. ↗

— James Longstreet

#armies #back #been #being #case

Science, which is not so attached to 'truth' as it once was, ut more to immediate 'effectiveness', is now drifting towards a decline, it's civic fall from grace. ↗

— Paul Virilio

#civic #decline #drifting #effectiveness #fall

The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#dear #here #herself #i #i wish

I had a very difficult childhood. I was surrounded by people who had both parents, which made me feel different. Having a bit of a rougher existence early on, it made me appreciate the work ethic that my grandparents instilled in me. ↗

— George Lopez

#bit #both #childhood #different #difficult

So I sat down with him and portrayed more the side of the character he needed to see. Which is what I do when I go in for an interview for a part I like. As much as you think you're dealing with creative people, they see you for what your image is out there. ↗

— Jennifer Lopez

#creative #creative people #dealing #down #go

The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#between #bridge #difference #emotional #forms

In other words, I would be giving in to a myth of sameness which I think can destroy us. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#giving #i #i think #in other words #myth

The quality of light by which we scrutinize our lives has direct bearing upon the product which we live, and upon the changes which we hope to bring about through those lives. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#bearing #bring #changes #direct #hope

The thought of playing a New York detective scared the hell out of me. I didn't know if people would believe me in the role just because of my physicality, which made me want to do it even more. ↗

— Charlotte Ross

#believe #detective #even #hell #i

Every man gets a narrower and narrower field of knowledge in which he must be an expert in order to compete with other people. The specialist knows more and more about less and less and finally knows everything about nothing. ↗

— Konrad Lorenz

#compete #every #every man #everything #expert