#ren

The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#expedite #foresee #inevitable #occurrence #statesmanship

People go to restaurants for so many different reasons. To court a girl, to make some deal. Maybe to talk to some lawyer about how to get an alimony settlement better than they got last week. ↗

— Gay Talese

#alimony #better #court #deal #different

He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#children #feeds #his #home #loves

I saw my mother in a different light. We all need to do that. You have to be displaced from what's comfortable and routine, and then you get to see things with fresh eyes, with new eyes. ↗

— Amy Tan

#different #displaced #eyes #fresh #get

Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy. ↗

— Donna Tartt

#club #even #houses #love #need

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the time I was in kindergarten. ↗

— Amy Tan

#expected #get #had #high #high expectations

People think it's a terrible tragedy when somebody has Alzheimer's. But in my mother's case, it's different. My mother has been unhappy all her life. For the first time in her life, she's happy. ↗

— Amy Tan

#been #case #different #first #first time

My natural mother died one month after I was born, apparently due to giving birth at an advanced age. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#advanced age #after #age #apparently #birth

The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#practical #renowned #studies #technology #tradition

I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#beatty #i #wanted #warren #warren beatty