I was forever reading outside of the field as well as in it.
Robert Sheckley
Recitation: by Male by Female
For a bird, especially for the more musically inventive, song is the defining characteristic, the primary way by which it knows itself and is known by others. To lose its species song is to lose not just its identity but some part of its presence in the world.
John Burnside
BirdIdentityWorldSongLoseWay
At first I threw my weight upon my heels, as one does naturally in a boot, and was a good deal bruised, but after a few hours I learned the natural walk of man, and could follow my guide in any portion of the island.
John Millington Synge
GoodWalkManIslandFollowFirst
Fans always say they laughed and they cried while reading my books. And I tell them that I laughed and cried while writing them.
Simone Elkeles
WritingReadingSayAlwaysTell
We were driven off like rats in five minutes.
Roger Sherman
DrivenOffFiveLikeMinutesRats
Representation is a sort of surveillance.
Martine Syms
RepresentationSurveillanceSort
They eat the dainty food of famous chefs with the same pleasure with which they devour gross peasant dishes, mostly composed of garlic and tomatoes, or fisherman's octopus and shrimps, fried in heavily scented olive oil on a little deserted beach.
Luigi Barzini
FoodBeachFamousOilEatPleasure
The Soyuz craft weighs tons, and you're lying on the floor of it on your back. But the Russians do tell you, remember, before you land, stop talking so you don't bite your tongue off.
Chris Hadfield
TalkingRememberTongueYouBack
I've mellowed quite quickly.
Colin Baker
QuiteQuickly
The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts.
April Gornik
IntelligenceBehaviorMeasureMoral
Just because you live 20 years or 100 years doesn't make it less meaningful. They're both short amount of times. So all we can do is just live in that time, whatever time we're given.
Ansel Elgort
LiveTimeShortYouJust Because
Before I was going to be an actress, I was going to be a veterinarian! I thought I was one as a child. I was the kid who was like, 'Daddy! I want a kitty! It needs a mommy!' And my dad was such a sucker. Every time I would beg, with tears flying down my face, about how this animal needs love, needs a home. He would cave.
AnnaLynne McCord
LoveHomeTimeAnimalChildTears
Do not suppress it - that would hurt you inside. Do not express it - this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripples in your surroundings. What you do is transform it.
Peace Pilgrim
HurtYouSurroundingsInsideYour
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