#wi

Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret. ↗

— Ben Okri

#beautiful #beautiful things #because #best #despair

I lived rough, by my wits, was homeless, lived on the streets, lived on friends' floors, was happy, was miserable. ↗

— Ben Okri

#friends #happy #homeless #i #lived

One of the greatest gifts my father gave me - unintentionally - was witnessing the courage with which he bore adversity. We had a bit of a rollercoaster life with some really challenging financial periods. He was always unshaken, completely tranquil, the same ebullient, laughing, jovial man. ↗

— Ben Okri

#always #bit #bore #challenging #completely

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#good #our #own #see #will

My Cleveland years were both scientifically and personally most rewarding. My wife Judy was able to rejoin me in our research and my research group grew rapidly. ↗

— George Andrew Olah

#both #cleveland #grew #group #judy

I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day. ↗

— Tony Curtis

#day #every #every day #i #made

Passover and Easter are the only Jewish and Christian holidays that move in sync, like the ice skating pairs we saw during the winter Olympics. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#during #easter #holidays #ice #jewish

I grew up Jewish, became an atheist and a Marxist, and 28 years ago, at age 26, became a Christian. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#ago #atheist #became #christian #grew

Fox News is hated because they're elitists, and the worst winners television's ever seen. ↗

— Keith Olbermann

#ever #fox #fox news #hated #news

I guess the painkillers wipe out your memory along with your ethics. ↗

— Keith Olbermann

#ethics #guess #i #memory #out