#yin

Something like trying to protect yourself all the time, things like trying to outwit fate. Those things can be the worst thing you can do for yourself. ↗

— John Frusciante

#like #outwit #protect #something #thing

The lines marking a penalty area are a disgrace to the playing fields of a public school. ↗

— Christopher Fry

#disgrace #fields #lines #marking #penalty

Shortly afterwards my father told me that he might be going into the Eastern Zone of Germany. At that time my own mind was closer to his than it had ever been before, because he also believed that they are at least trying to build a new world. ↗

— Klaus Fuchs

#also #because #been #before #believed

Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#dying #europe #gave #idea #marriage

Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense. ↗

— George Gallup

#attention #effect #instrument #interpretation #leader

I think too much. Being in my body is much more satisfying than being in my head. ↗

— Andrew Garfield

#body #head #i #i think #more

Well, you can't be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that there's going to be a flip side to it. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#achieve #any #business #flip #going

I had a feeling once about Mathematics - that I saw it all. Depth beyond depth was revealed to me - the Byss and Abyss. I saw - as one might see the transit of Venus or even the Lord Mayor's Show - a quantity passing through infinity and changing its sign from plus to minus. I saw exactly why it happened and why the tergiversation was inevitable but it was after dinner and I let it go. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#mathematics #studying #change

But if I wasn't playing, I would drink Saturdays, then Sunday, then Monday. Then I would try and train and it was no good, then have another drink just to pass the day away. ↗

— Paul Gascoigne

#away #day #drink #good #i

Our people went out every single night trying to stop crime before it happened, trying to take people off the street that they believed were involved in crime. That made us a very aggressive, proactive police department. ↗

— Daryl Gates

#before #believed #crime #department #every