#z

If you want him to do it, you've got to change the picture of the world inside his head. ↗

— Robert Penn Warren

#visualization #change

In this sense, Byzantine culture embodies the French historian Fernand Braudel's notion of the longue durée, the long term: that which survives the vicissitudes of changing governments, newfangled fashions or technological improvements, an ongoing inheritance that can both imprison and inspire. ↗

— Judith Herrin

#fernand-braudel #history #longue-duree #change

One candidate who considered applying for the position explained his change of heart: “That job is like unprotected sex. It feels amazing at the time, but there is a good chance you will pay for it later. None of the benefits are worth the pleasure. ↗

— Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

#flame-lily #great-zimbabwe #hangman #mystrey #parnormal

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#forget #mozart #naughty #people #punk

On ne naît pas femme: on le devient. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#birth #education #gender #gender-realization #upbringing

You've got to seize the opportunity if it is presented to you. ↗

— Clive Davis

#opportunity #presented #seize #you

One day, I noticed that my father’s uniform had changed from a smart, light green colour with silver edging on the shoulder straps to a black uniform with SS markings and runes on the collar. I asked him why this was, and he told me that he was still a policeman, but now worked for the Schutzpolizei. ↗

— Alfred Nestor

#alfred-nestor #author-alfred-nestor #german-ss #hitler #hitler-s-germany

If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#crazy #desire #funny #humor #husband

Zeke and I struggled to get to the dressing room so we could get changed. But we were mobbed by people who wanted to congratulate us and tell us how talented and terrific we were. ↗

— R.L. Stine

#success #change

Sometimes our stop-doing list needs to be bigger than our to-do list. ↗

— Patti Digh

#prioritize #relax #simplify #slow-down #to-do-list