Thorlakson Retractor Quotes & Sayings

All nations teach their children to be "patriotic", and abuse the other nations for fostering nationalism." ("Sacrifice Post") — Richard Aldington

But I did not always know just what it was I wanted to photograph. I believe it is important for a photographer to discover this, for unless he finds what it is that excites him, what it is that calls forth at once an emotional response, he is unlikely to achieve his best work. — Bill Brandt

The brain's preferred source of fuel is glucose/carbohydrates. And when you go on a low-carb/high-protein diet, your brain is using low-octane fuel. You'll be a little groggy, a little grumpy. — Jack LaLanne

He had nothing to start with, except the capacity to know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized it. — Napoleon Hill

Realistically, there is a danger, of course, when you're going into someone's living room as the same guy every week. But I don't fear it because, I mean, there's really nothing I can do about it. I can try to combat it through the work, and maybe make sure I don't do Sheldon 2.0 in any other projects. But it's just really hard for me to find any negative side effects from this experience. — Jim Parsons

Her mask gave no sign of how this affected her. — Donna Leon

I walked, a desert creature, in that fertile land. I felt harsh and dusty. — Anonymous

Gloucestershire police must be the envy of the human rights-abusing cop world. From Turkey to Indonesia they will say, 'Kidnapping peace protestors! How did they get away with that one?' — Mark Thomas

I would stare at the grains of light suspended in that silent space, struggling to see into my own heart. What did I want? And what did others want from me? But I could never find the answers. Sometimes I would reach out and try to grasp the grains of light, but my fingers touched nothing. — Haruki Murakami

I'm a chai tea latte monster. Anything syrupy! — Suki Waterhouse

If you live your life the right way, you work hard, you go about things the right way, eventually something good's going to come of it. — Dan Uggla

Because if being a badass was easy everyone would do it
Lexy of Ankh
(The Dragon)
Enlightenment — Kim Cormack

It was one of those perfect New York October afternoons, when the explosion of oranges and yellows against the bright blue sky makes you feel like your life is passing through your fingers, that you've felt this autumn-feeling before and you'll probably get to feel it again, but one day you won't anymore, because you'll be dead. — Sarah Dunn