Robert Fortune Quotes

As the lower parts of the Japanese houses and shops are open both before and behind, I had peeps of these pretty little gardens as I passed along the streets; and wherever I observed one better than the rest I did not fail to pay it a visit.

Robert Fortune

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: September 16, 1812 - April 13, 1880

Topics

RestBetterOpenPayStreetsFail

I think, very often, we're addicted to procedurals, those good guy/bad guy shows, and the 'problem' with procedurals is they all follow the same formula: The bad guy does his thing, the good guy goes after him, and in most cases, the good guy figures out who did it and catches him.

Joe Morton

GoodThinkProblemBadFollowOut

Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.

Jerry West

ConfidenceGameThinkYouLotAny

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

Jesse Jackson

GreatSmallGreat ThingsBornPlaces

I've been getting diverse roles.

John Boyega

BeenRolesGettingDiverse

I can't say I'd like to concentrate on one particular composer. I'm looking forward to doing a variety.

Andris Nelsons

Looking ForwardLookingForwardDoing

A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.

Anderson Cooper

PeopleSufferingWorldKnowBeing

I remember back in Detroit, I used to go to the Apex Bar every night after I got off work. The bartender there used to call me Boom Boom. I don't know why, but he did.

John Lee Hooker

WorkMeNightRememberBackKnow

Everyone is usually screwed up in some way and that is usually where the work comes in - figuring out how to make it believable and make it real to present someone's problems that you don't necessarily actually know anything about.

Anna Paquin

WorkProblemsPresentSomeoneYou

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me.

Amy Tan

TimePeopleMeMoreHardForgiving

Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.

Mason Cooley

FutureImaginationPastTaste

To suggest that organic vegetables, which cost far more than conventional produce, can feed billions of people in parts of the world without roads or proper irrigation may be a fantasy based on the finest intentions. But it is a cruel fantasy nonetheless.

Michael Specter

RoadsPeopleWorldVegetablesMore

I'm all in favor of people - myself included - going into the same territory if there's something that can be done with it. But if somebody says, 'Make a sequel to 'Heathers',' I feel like, no, someone should make a good movie that's a dark, satirical comedy that has that sensibility.

Michael Lehmann

GoodMyselfPeopleComedySomeone

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