Nobody is nostalgic for the communist era, but many people are nostalgic for their youth
Ivan Klima, a Czech novelist (Source)
People come to rock concerts, Mr Springsteen writes, “to be reminded of something they already know and feel.”
Quotes
Police. People.
Look, we’re wired differently.
We run towards gunfire.
We drink when we’re sad.
We screw when we’re mad.And people hate us,
until they need us.And I hate that.
But I love it, too.We walk a higher path.
It’s not simple.
It’s very hard.And that is why,
people will always need us.
– Detective Misty Knight, in Luke Cage S01E09
Play for the name on the front of the jersey, and they’ll remember the name on the back.
Tony Adams
Objectives.
I asked if he preferred to score or to set up a goal with a pass, and he shrugged.
“It’s the same,” Messi said.
Daniel Alarcón, in The New Yorker
Beginning
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;…
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;…
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
Tolerance
Jefferson’s tolerance of moral and religious beliefs that “neither pick my pocket nor break my leg”.
Things not being necessary is what makes life interesting. The little *extras* in life.
– Stephen Fry
The advantage of being open & forthright about things that you don’t know, is that you then don’t have to be defensive about things you do know.
– Thing I learnt today while discussing something with the partner
Purpose of marriage
If you can’t support me when I’m lying, why are we even married?
– Howard Wolowitz, S09 E09
Answering phones
Get a reputation for answering phones, and then all they do is constantly ring
– John Luther, S01 E02
(John puts it in better words than me, why I *heavily* filter calls)