#pose

One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time. ↗

— Idries Shah

#beliefs #believe #come #illustrative #in the past

Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel. ↗

— Natan Sharansky

#argued #began #constrained #democratic #drunk

Yes, I'm supposed to go back to New York to do Geraldo, and we're going to be doing The Tonight Show. ↗

— Bobby Sherman

#doing #geraldo #go #going #i

The question of how to spend my life, of what my life is for, is a question posed only to me, and I can no more delegate the responsibility for answering it than I can delegate the task of dying. ↗

— Anthony T. Kronman

#dying #life #purpose #death

It's enough to make me laugh. I close the door behind me and sit down again, considering this, and truly, I find it so funny that I laugh until I cry. And when the tears come I think aah... So this is what it means to be alone. ↗

— John Boyne

#john-boyne #the-house-of-special-purpose #funny

So many of my friends are still trying to get record deals, and I've had one for 10 years now, where my only goal is to make the best music I can make. I've been very lucky. I have great faith that I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be, and whatever happens is going to be absolutely right for me. ↗

— Jane Siberry

#been #best #deals #exactly #faith

People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

#again #clinical #feels #flash #i

My mom has always been very open, very liberal. So I grew up with that, and I can appreciate everything that she did and went through and was exposed to. ↗

— Ione Skye

#appreciate #been #did #everything #exposed

A car for every purse and purpose. ↗

— Alfred P. Sloan

#every #purpose #purse

Women show men beauty in things beyond their ambitions. Women tell men to stop and smell the roses. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beauty #contentment #enjoyment #happiness #joy