#bent

A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#how #looks #matters #merely #oar

When I was producing on my own, I was doing it in order to - in a very patriarchal entertainment industry, let alone planet - very much hell-bent on trying to prove to myself, if nothing else, that I could do it as a woman. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#could #doing #else #entertainment #entertainment industry

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform. ↗

— John Negroponte

#bent #contrary #democratic #elections #i

The Internet provides the access to resources, so it's incumbent upon the people who control those resources to make sure that the economic engine stays intact. ↗

— Michael Nesmith

#control #economic #economic engine #engine #incumbent

Now our whole activity is devoted to God, and our whole life, since we are bent on progress in divine things. ↗

— Origen

#bent #devoted #divine #god #life

Bouncing a sitting president requires conscious action, a national decision to redirect the country's course. This cuts against the grain, and that's why incumbents have a natural advantage. ↗

— John Podhoretz

#advantage #against #bouncing #conscious #country

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#come #content #dreams #hope #hundredth

Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#common #common mind #education #forms #inclined

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#common #common mind #education #forms #inclined

Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

#constant #even #faithful #mistress #threats