#shed

Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished. ↗

— Amelia Barr

#already #attempt #aware #events #fear

But unlike European countries, America has never finished a map of the United States, only the eastern United States is covered and a few spots here and there. ↗

— William Labov

#countries #covered #eastern #european #european countries

The architecture of our future is not only unfinished; the scaffolding has hardly gone up. ↗

— George Lamming

#future #gone #hardly #only #our

For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. These then need to be washed over with water as soon as possible, so that the bones are covered with a layer of sediment. ↗

— Richard Leakey

#certain #circumstances #course #covered #favorable

When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#clean #enough #how #leave #new

There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#concept #generally #more #poor #publishers

You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is. ↗

— Ernst Lubitsch

#directors #finished #gone #great #great talent

When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors. ↗

— James MacArthur

#ago #care #craft #developed #flourished

The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#affects #benefits #cannot #changes #character

It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from every species such true and well established propositions as may assist us in the solution of metaphysical problems. ↗

— Maimonides

#all things #assist #essence #established #every