"Behind every word a whole world is hidden that must be imagined."

-- Heinrich BÃ¶ll

#World Quotes #Behinds Quotes

“We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.”
“If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would focus on credit”
“It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.”
“The elms of New England! They are as much a part of her beauty as the columns of the Parthenon were the glory of its architecture.”
“It is the obligation of each person in Israel to raise up the Fallen Bride from the dust into which She has fallen.”
“We're looking at a lot of race cars as inspiration for our starships. It's wonderful. It's surreal. I didn't want to be a writer. I wanted to be a Star Trek writer, so to be able to craft a new iteration of the show with new characters and a whole new adventure and whole new way of telling stories that you haven't been able to tell on Star Trek is honorable and it's a dream come true. It's hard to articulate that.”
“I try not to make plans. God always laughs at your plans. Iâ€™m going to keep the door open, and keep the page blank, and see what gets painted upon it.”
“They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be explained and worked through intelligently (though they have tried to stay equable). I've noticed this is often the time when children begin calling their parents by their first names, becoming little ironists after their parents' faults. What could be lonelier for a parent than to be criticized by his child on a first-name basis?”

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