#cape

The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force. ↗

— William Bligh

#any #attempt #cape #considerable #considerably

The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one. ↗

— John Dyer

#attractive #deadlines #freedom #landscape #lifestyle

Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes, birds, etc. ↗

— Sergei Eisenstein

#any #birds #bound #description #employing

I've walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape, you have a certain view. If you stand still, the landscape doesn't necessarily tell you how big it is. It doesn't really tell you what you're looking at. The moment you start to move the mountain starts to move. ↗

— Olafur Eliasson

#certain #come #how #i #iceland

Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#been #beginning #drivers #escape #ghetto

It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness. ↗

— George Borrow

#been #dreary #escape #idleness #itself

Football is so barbaric. Sometimes I wonder what I was thinking by playing it. I feel almost like I escaped from boot camp. ↗

— Brian Bosworth

#barbaric #boot #boot camp #camp #escaped

People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape. ↗

— Neil LaBute

#escape #gotten #just #most #movies

I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#background #culture #escaped #i #often

I always knew I wanted to be a character in the movies. When I was growing up, I had to have a lot of surgery, and I spent a lot of time recovering at home and in the hospital. Watching movies took me away from my own problems and gave me a total escape. ↗

— Josh Ryan Evans

#away #character #escape #gave #growing