#ealing

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#dealing #death #difficult #difficult things #disease

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. ↗

— James Thurber

#doing #everywhere #fun #himself #humorist

Do we settle on a regional team because we can go to its ballpark and see its games on television? Or do we choose a team as our favorite because it has an especially appealing player, a Barry Bonds or an Ichiro? ↗

— John Thorn

#ballpark #barry #barry bonds #because #bonds

In dealing with the China problem, the British and American side, which had particularly strong interests in China, should have based its judgments about the origins of the problem on direct observation of the actual circumstances at the time. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#actual #american #based #british #china

A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that. ↗

— Kathleen Turner

#appealing #attractive #get #i #just

Games sometimes can reveal things. To watch someone in movement, unconscious movement, can be very stimulating and revealing, whether they win or not. ↗

— John Turturro

#movement #reveal #revealing #someone #sometimes

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

#appealing #argument #authority #conducts #his

I seem to have no problem revealing my crush on the man who murdered Lincoln. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#i #lincoln #man #no problem #problem

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing. ↗

— Jeannette Walls

#books #center #find #hugely #i

I've experienced several different healing methodologies over the years - counseling, self-help seminars, and I've read a lot - but none of them will work unless you really want to heal. ↗

— Lindsay Wagner

#different #experienced #heal #healing #i