#ask

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#insoluble #neither #nor #others #our

I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#because #extended #extended family #fabric #family

We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck, and, ask anyone, the house is never burgled, and the ship never goes down. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#ask #down #fear #goes #house

When I step on that basketball court, I'm thinking about basketball, I'm thinking about winning - but there's so much that goes into thought about how I'm going to open this game up to others. It's so much more than just basketball. ↗

— Carmelo Anthony

#basketball #basketball court #court #game #goes

I think that everyone at any age should ask themselves, 'where do I want to be today, where do I want to be tomorrow, and where do I want to be in a hundred years?' We all have clear answers to those questions. We only have so much time. It's a real shame if we don't spend our lives trying to do that. ↗

— Jack Antonoff

#answers #any #ask #clear #everyone

They ask questions like 'do you believe in aliens' and those types of things. They were really interested in aliens, and that was really something that the Japanese have an interest in, and they are also very big fans of romances. ↗

— Shiri Appleby

#ask #believe #big #fans #interest

Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions. ↗

— Isaiah Berlin

#childish #persist #philosophers #questions #who

The psychiatrists examine you and ask you about your life and work, and then they decide whether your film can be shown or not. It's a horrible experience. ↗

— Dario Argento

#ask #decide #examine #experience #film

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one. ↗

— Aristotle

#body #figure #impressed #more #must

You can think you've made it and yet the next day's press will always be waiting for you, the public will always ask more of you. In short, you can always do better! ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#ask #better #day #made #more