#lise

...you’d be amazed at the grand tales the human brain will throw up to make sense of something nonsensical. ↗

— Dianna Hardy

#human-behaviour #human-nature #logic #making-sense-of-the-world #nonsense

I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer. ↗

— Jenny Agutter

#become #blank #doubt #easy #find

My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm! ↗

— Dick Bruna

#been #end #father #firm #his

I realised it was only me who was stopping myself from living my life. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#life #living #me #my life #myself

I'm often asked if I regret not going to Hollywood. I'm glad I didn't go, because if I had I wouldn't have my extended family, which is the fabric of my life. Only recently have I realised how special and unusual it is. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#because #extended #extended family #fabric #family

Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. ↗

— Alvar Aalto

#less #more #more and more #more or less #our

I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting - walled-in - I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. It's not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#armour #become #being #consciously #family

That save from Pele's header was the best I ever made. I didn't have any idea how famous it would become - to start with, I didn't even realise I'd made it at all. ↗

— Gordon Banks

#become #best #even #ever #famous

This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it can't be. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#actor #believe #called #five #great

In my own life, I decided to leave meat off my plate in medical school, but was a bit slow to realise that dairy products and eggs are not health foods either. ↗

— Neal Barnard

#dairy #decided #eggs #either #foods