"The shapes of letters do not derive their beauty from any sensual or sentimental reminiscences. No one can say that the Oâ€™s roundness appeals to us only because it is like that of an apple or of a girlâ€™s breast or of the full moon. Letters are things, not pictures of things."

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Source : Eric Gill (1944). “Autobiography”

Eric Gill

#Girl Quotes #Moon Quotes #Apples Quotes

“I train for about 25 to 30 hours a week so I need to eat a lot. You just need to have a generally healthy diet. You need to be eating foods with lots of vitamins and minerals. You need to make sure you eat properly in order to give yourself the best chance of performing and recovering from training and competing.”

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“We need to discover a common middle ground in which all of these things, from the city to the wilderness, can somehow be encompassed in the word â€œhome.â€”
“The function of sociology, as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden.”

Source : Pierre Bourdieu, Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson (1999). “On Television”, p.17, The New Press
“Or perhaps all those things you missed upon first glance mean much more than you could ever guess.”
“If thereâ€™s a magic pony in the story, chances are Iâ€™ll read it.”
“Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she wonâ€™t suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when that person looks back â€“ and at some point everyone looks back â€“ she will hear her heart saying, â€œWhat have you done with the miracles that God planted in your days? What have you done with the talents God bestowed on you? You buried yourself in a cave because you were fearful of losing those talents. So this is your heritage; the certainty that you wasted your life.”
“But I love you, â€œ he whispered. â€œDoesn't that matter?â€ â€œOf course it matters. So much. Can't you see? That only makes it moreâ€¦ necessary.â€ His eyes flashed open. â€œIs it so unbearable to have me love you? Is that it? I can keep my mouth shut, Wanda. I won't say it again. You can be with Jared, if that's what you want. Just stay.”
“I enjoy acting when you really hit it right. And I guess I've always had too much fantasy to be only a housewife.”

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