Rory MacLean Quotes

The earliest maps were 'story' maps. Cartographers were artists who mingled knowledge with supposition, memory and fears. Their maps described both landscape and the events, which had taken place within it, enabling travellers to plot a route as well as to experience a story.

Rory MacLean

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KnowledgeExperienceMemoryStory

We usually lose today, because there has been a yesterday, and tomorrow is coming.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

TodayTomorrowLoseYesterdayComing

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

Jerome K. Jerome

LoveMoving OnLove IsGoThrough

One we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life.

Jerome K. Jerome

LifeDailyBestAppreciateEnjoy

I honestly try not to eat a whole lot of fast food, so it wouldn't kill me to drop it all together.

Matt Lanter

FoodTogetherMeFastFast FoodTry

I never thought I was going to be a comedian.

Anjelah Johnson

ThoughtNeverGoingComedian

The golden child may be the oldest one, unless it's the youngest. It may be the toughest one, unless it's the most sensitive. It's not even necessary that Mom and Dad have the same favorite - and typically they don't.

Jeffrey Kluger

ChildMomGoldenSameMaySensitive

Thinking about the heartbreaking number of young children around the world who think they are unwanted and are uncared for can easily keep you awake at night.

Stephanie March

ChildrenWorldNightThinkThinking

I've now got a 35,000-word document of quotes from people who hate me, a lot from the 'Guardian' comment threads. Mostly, I've managed to get myself into the mindset where the criticism is quite affirming.

Stewart Lee

MyselfHatePeopleMeMindsetNow

Despite the intelligence community's assessment that Russia interfered in our presidential election, President Donald Trump and Republican leadership seem wholly uninterested in examining how and why Russia targeted us - and what we must do to prevent it from happening again.

Mike Quigley

LeadershipCommunityIntelligenceWhy

I will only observe, that that ethereal sense - sight, and touch, which is at the other extremity of the scale, have from time acquired a very remarkable additional power.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

PowerTimeWillTouchSightSense

I've got eighteen-year-old twins that need to go to college, so there's still a financial issue, but I could retire tomorrow and just count ducks by the side of the lake, and that would be just fine by me. I'm not a high-energy guy.

Jonathan Banks

TomorrowCollegeMeFinancialLake

There are certain fundamental things that scream, 'I just moved to New York.' Things like eating cheesecake at Junior's or heading out to Coney Island to ride the Cyclone.

Chris Gethard

RideNew YorkEatingNewIslandOut

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