#rote

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#condition #great #great literature #literature #man

Every single day, we have hundreds, if not thousands of police officers protecting the lives of not just New Yorkers, but the millions who come to New York City to work and to vacation. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#come #day #every #every single day #hundreds

I wrote two plotted books, got some of the fundamentals of storytelling down, then... it's sort of like taking the training wheels off, trying to write a book that's fun in the same way without relying on quite such mechanical or external beats. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#book #books #down #external #fun

I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching in a protest. Their signs were probably saying something I wouldn't have agreed with at all. But I was so glad to see women marching. And it's happening all over the world. ↗

— Betty Friedan

#agreed #beijing #bunch #glad #happening

I have been writing since I was about 20, and at first I wrote in secret and never showed anybody. I was very concerned about making a living, so I conducted. ↗

— David Friedman

#anybody #been #concerned #conducted #first

For me it's important to be in balance. To not let fear get in the way of things, to not worry so much about protecting yourself all the time. ↗

— John Frusciante

#balance #fear #get #important #me

If we want to implement climate protection worldwide, countries like Germany, which are capable of developing new technologies, will have to hand over some of their knowledge. We can't expect to have our cake and eat it too. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#capable #climate #countries #developing #eat

My concerts are about me being very private in public, but I'm very protective. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#being #concerts #i #me #private

When I wrote 'Barefoot in Paris,' I wanted to make simple recipes that you could make at home that tasted like French classics. ↗

— Ina Garten

#classics #could #french #home #i

I eat 230 grams of protein daily, 308 grams of carbohydrates, maybe 70 grams of fat. I can have one cheat meal a week but it can't be that I eat until I'm stuffed; I eat until I'm satisfied. ↗

— Tyson Gay

#cheat #daily #eat #fat #i