The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAh, to that far distant strand Bridge there was not to convey, Not a bark was near at hand, Yet true love soon found the way.
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Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you
BARACK OBAMA -
The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.
IMMANUEL KANT -
I have not seen any Christian sparrow or Muslim lion or Jewish elephant! Animals are lucky as they have not yet invented the religion!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN -
To live past the end of your myth is a perilous thing.
ANNE CARSON -
As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
BARBRA STREISAND -
In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country.
BOBBY SCOTT -
I have always been more interested in creating a character that contains something crippled. I think nearly all of us have some kind of defect.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS -
When you stop wanting something, you get it.
ANDY WARHOL -
If you have someone falling out of the boat, you’d have to drag the boat up the river and film the same scene ten times, every time, dragging the boat exactly where it was up the river.
BONNIE JO CAMPBELL -
There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
MARK TWAIN -
When we better understand the realities of these women’s lives, we are able to design and deliver solutions that are more useful to them.
MELINDA GATES -
One man with God is always a majority.
JOHN KNOX -
If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.
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Lead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.
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Shake me off, then, sir–push me away; for I’ll not leave you of my own accord.
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