#vita

At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#almost #bengali #classical #classical music #european

It is vitally important that we implement immigration reform. We need a bill that strengthens our borders and protects this nation, but that also makes it simpler for good people to become Americans. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#become #bill #borders #good #good people

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. ↗

— Jules Renard

#down #excuse #free #giving #invitation

What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character. ↗

— Anne Rice

#breathing #character #did #god #gospels

Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time. ↗

— Charles Francis Richter

#long #long period #made #measurements #period

Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values. ↗

— Bridget Riley

#archaic #depends #i #i think #inevitably

Life came in and put me in front of the camera before I could really make a decision, but I think I probably would have gravitated to film. ↗

— Elisabeth Rohm

#came #camera #could #decision #film

The law of the survival of the fittest led inevitably to the survival and predominance of the men who were effective in war and who loved it because they were effective. ↗

— Elihu Root

#effective #fittest #inevitably #law #led

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results. ↗

— James Allen

#bring #efforts #inevitably #joyfully #knowing

The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital. ↗

— George Steiner

#being #brain #expression #heart #human