#r

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#in-depth #into #misfortune #only #overview

Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers who write in German. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#disappointment #german #group #hopelessness #i

That would be getting up at 5 am... I don't understand why film's shoot such brutal hours. I think it'd be worth it to not be so strictly cost-effective and have an 8 hour day. The film's would benefit in the end. ↗

— Terry Zwigoff

#benefit #brutal #cost-effective #day #end

Martial (the main character of LOCUS SOLUS) has a very interesting conception of literary beauty: the work must contain nothing real, no observations about the world or the mind, nothing but completely imaginary constructions. These are in themselves ideas from an extrahuman world. ↗

— Pierre Janet

#imagination #literature #mind #surrealism #writing

I started working out with a trainer and I immediately saw results. ↗

— Taylor Dayne

#immediately #out #results #saw #started

With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice. ↗

— Placido Domingo

#half #hum #i #i can #personal

Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control. ↗

— Taylor Dayne

#control #i #i am #nature #need

Once again, the Republicans in the Senate have rejected an increase in the minimum wage. They support tax breaks for multi-millionaires, but they oppose helping the working poor to earn a decent income. ↗

— Mark Dayton

#breaks #decent #earn #helping #income

I discovered freedom for the first time in England. ↗

— Emperor Hirohito

#england #first #first time #freedom #i

The fine print in the President's Social Security proposal is that all present and future workers under age 55 will have their promised retirement benefits cut. ↗

— Mark Dayton

#benefits #cut #fine #fine print #future