#venting

At the same time, it's a family story and more of an epic. I needed the third-person. I tried to give a sense that Cal, in writing his story, is perhaps inventing his past as much as recalling it. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#epic #family #give #his #i

My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#admirers #ago #been #buried #cemetery

People who've had very unhappy childhoods are pretty good at inventing themselves. If nobody invents you for yourself, nothing is left but to invent yourself for others. ↗

— John le Carre

#good #had #invent #inventing #invents

I believe in preventing cruelty to all living beings in any form. ↗

— Morarji Desai

#beings #believe #cruelty #form #i

Exercise is one of the best ways in preventing the rapid growth of obesity in America. ↗

— Lee Haney

#best #exercise #growth #obesity #preventing

But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The possibilities are limitless, you're inventing the future. Then you get older and suddenly you have a history. It's fixed. You can't change anything. I find that a bit disturbing, to be honest. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#bit #change #disturbing #find #fixed

I think you need to do something new to keep reinventing yourself. ↗

— Gary Allan

#keep #need #new #reinventing #something

We're told another large-scale terrorist attack is inevitable by those people who have committed so many resources to preventing it. They likely know what they're talking about. ↗

— Greg Bear

#another #attack #committed #inevitable #know

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#centralized #continue #democracy #european #finding

Inventing is a skill that some people have and some people don't. But you can learn how to invent. ↗

— Ray Dolby

#invent #inventing #learn #people #skill