#venti

I hate the idea of natural. For example, I prefer gardens to wild nature. I like to see the human touch. High heels are a complete invention - an extravagance. They're far from natural, but it's the impracticality that I adore. I prefer the useless to the useful, the sophisticated to the natural. ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#complete #example #extravagance #far #for example

You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us. ↗

— Macklemore

#because #crumbling #front #labels #major

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#intervention #keen #only #peace #people

Like everything genuine, its inner life guarantees its truth. All works of art created by truthful minds without regard for the work's conventional exterior remain genuine for all times. ↗

— Franz Marc

#conventional #created #everything #exterior #genuine

We've been blessed with four beautiful children. Michael, he doesn't have much of a problem anymore. He is high functional, probably because of early intervention. ↗

— Dan Marino

#beautiful #because #been #blessed #children

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication. ↗

— Abraham Maslow

#being #communication #concealing #defense #hiding

Doing the Muppet Show you forget about conventional filming. ↗

— Peter Mayhew

#conventional #doing #filming #forget #muppet

Most of them are doomed to rapid extinction, but a few may make evolutionary inventions, such as physiological, ecological, or behavioral innovations that give these species improved competitive potential. ↗

— Ernst Mayr

#competitive #doomed #ecological #evolutionary #extinction

Only in Washington would the Republican operatives get the entire press corps ginned up over the notion that I'm going to be home campaigning instead of going to a bunch of worthless parties at a convention that's only being held to do something we all know is going to happen anyway. ↗

— Claire McCaskill

#being #bunch #campaigning #convention #corps

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#either #inherent #means #pain #pleasure