#laced

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#descent #even #great #hierarchy #publicity

I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#after #artificial #away #bestowed #characters

A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. ↗

— Walter Scott

#faithful #nail #near #placed #rusty

The Chautauqua Institution is truly a national treasure. It is a place for contemplation and a place for reflection, a place where platitudes and slogans can be set aside and be replaced by thoughtfulness and introspection. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#contemplation #institution #introspection #national #place

I've always tried to make a home for myself, but I have not felt at home in myself. I've worked hard at being the hero of my own life. But every time I checked the register of displaced persons, I was still on it. I didn't know how to belong. Longing? Yes. Belonging? No. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#displaced #hero #longing #life

Iron which is brought near a spiral of copper wire, traversed by an electrical current, becomes magnetic, and then attracts other pieces of iron, or a suitably placed steel magnet. ↗

— Hermann von Helmholtz

#becomes #brought #copper #current #electrical

I do not think our priorities are misplaced when we are looking at creating a whole new class of children from these gay marriages who could end up completely dependent on the State, on the taxpayers - the American people. ↗

— James Inhofe

#american people #children #class #completely #could

We were sweet, lovely people who wanted to throw out all the staid institutions who placed money and wars above all else. When you're young you think that's how life works. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#else #how #institutions #life #lovely

I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#die #faithfully #grown #i #i do

I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

#grown #i #last #me #placed