#eats

How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization. ↗

— Chen Guangcheng

#disabled #how #measure #society #treats

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other. ↗

— Philip Guedalla

#historians #history #history repeats itself #itself #other

We learned in the university to consider Wordsworth and Keats as Romantics. They were only a generation apart, but Wordsworth didn't even read Keats's book when he gave him a copy. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#book #consider #copy #even #gave

I carry Yeats with me wherever I go. He's my constant companion. I always can find some comfort in Yeats no matter what the situation is. Months and months and months go by and I know I need to switch to Shelley or somebody else, but right now Yeats is enough for me. ↗

— Linda Hamilton

#carry #comfort #companion #constant #else

I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems, so I don't have to take his films seriously. By using this argument, the viewer retreats from the challenges of the film. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#author #challenges #emotional #explain #film

She hits me and she beats me and she drinks. My mom is an alcoholic. ↗

— Tonya Harding

#beats #drinks #hits #me #mom

I don't operate under threats. Full stop. I don't. I don't buckle to pressure. ↗

— Saad Hariri

#i #operate #pressure #stop #threats

I like the tube more than the NY subway though, you've got cushioned seats. ↗

— Neil Patrick Harris

#got #i #like #more #ny

Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#cold #distasteful #friendships #like #meats

Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people. ↗

— William Styron

#nameless #people #perpetually #scared #therapy