#eli

Every single pleasure I can imagine or have experienced is more delightful, more of a pleasure, if you take it in small sips, if you take your time. Reading is not an exception. ↗

— Amos Oz

#every #exception #experienced #i #i can

And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim. ↗

— Amos Oz

#been #between #claim #clash #conflict

I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips. ↗

— Amos Oz

#falls #gets #gossips #i #israelis

I'm not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it's incredibly delicious. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#delicious #general #healthy #how #i

In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish that control on a film. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#control #evening #film #go #performance

Sometimes when things you love get really commercial, you end up feeling betrayed by it. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#commercial #end #feeling #get #love

I understand what it feels like not to like aspects of yourself. There have been times that I have felt really terrible about the way I look. I have the seed of that feeling. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#aspects #been #feeling #feels #felt

Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#beings #divine #human #human beings #known

Rising sea levels, severe draughts, the melting of the polar caps, the more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#caps #demand #devastating #disaster #disasters

We either believe in the dignity of the individual, the rule of law, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, or we don't. There is no middle ground. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#cruel #dignity #either #ground #individual