#lent

We have, for whatever the reason, disturbed people... who sometimes do terrible, violent things, and sometimes those of us who serve in elected positions are the target. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#elected #people #positions #reason #serve

Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. ↗

— John Buchan

#comfortable #compact #conspiracy #folk #keep

It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#child #creativeness #his #man #milieu

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#desire #intense #intense desire #only #opportunities

Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#perishable #talent #youth

If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#balls #caring #demon #dickens #enormous

When you balance it against New Order, New Order don't work or tour relentlessly. We definitely work in our own way and sometimes it's a bit too slow for me, so I like to plan ahead and fill my time up. ↗

— Peter Hook

#ahead #balance #bit #definitely #fill

The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church, for there is plenty of room there. ↗

— Leigh Hunt

#church #hat #into #new #only

The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none. ↗

— Holly Hunter

#been #career #lot #none #rhythm

I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything. ↗

— Isabelle Huppert

#anything #being #cope #else #express