#retreat

A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away. ↗

— William Wycherley

#constantly #country #dwell #like #little

I think it's a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems, so I don't have to take his films seriously. By using this argument, the viewer retreats from the challenges of the film. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#author #challenges #emotional #explain #film

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#fired #get #i #just #retreat

Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in the United Kingdom. It continues to be essential that our civil liberties are safeguarded, and that the state is not given the powers to snoop on its citizens at will. ↗

— Nick Clegg

#civil #civil liberties #continues #democrats #essential

I had 13 weeks off and I would pack up the family and drive to some mountain retreat where we could be together and fish all day. I loved it. I needed it. ↗

— Perry Como

#could #day #drive #family #fish

I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat. ↗

— Philip Kearny

#enter #i #old #order #philip

We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat, and they were going to be full of initiative in all areas of life - in culture, in economy and in politics. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#collapse #culture #economy #expected #full

We as a people, as a state, and as a community, have too much promise, too much potential, and too much at stake to go any other way than forward. We are too strong in our hearts, too innovative in our minds, and too firm in our beliefs to retreat from our goals. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#beliefs #community #firm #forward #go

Brooklyn is kind of my writer's retreat. ↗

— Tracy K. Smith

#kind #retreat #writer

I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#bad #being #believe #feel #good