“I'm English enough to feel something of a gut-reaction to modernism, to continental philosophising and anything that smacks of a refusal to pay attention to the forensics: the empirical facts on the ground.” FeelsEnoughFactsPayAttentionReactionsPay AttentionGutsRefusalModernismSmackContinentalForensics Author:Will Self
“Why I love chess and tennis - the volleying aspect, and the fact that your competitors' reactions and motivations and bluffs come into the game itself.” FactsMotivationGamesAspectChessReactionsTennisCompetitorsBluffs Author:Christopher Bollen
“I was at Mount Tamalpais near San Francisco hiking when a boulder came hurling down the mountainside and smashed my left hand. When I looked at my mangled bloody fingers, I had a strange reaction. 'Thank God I will never have to play again,' I said. The fact is that dedication to one's art does involve a sort of enslavement.” DoeArtSaidPlayFactsHandsLeftWorkStrangeFingersReactionsThank GodDedicationHikingBloodySan FranciscoEnslavementLeft HandBouldersHurling Author:Pablo Casals
“Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. Physical pain is a fact that comes with living, just as illness or financial woes or broken relationships are facts. But misery is a state of mind, a reaction to the facts, that can be controlled or altered by an act of will.” IfsMindStatesFactsHappensPainCourageWonderfulBrokenBraveMiseryFinancialIllnessThings HappenReactionsInevitableControlledState Of MindWoeBe BraveWonderful ThingsAlteredOptionalPhysical PainBroken Relationship Author:Barbara
“People would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent.” PeopleTryingLooksKindStillsFactsHalfTalentStandingReactionsAll KindsSoberTributeTracy Author:Cesar Romero
“I just think that we're all trying to make ourselves emaciated, in order to pretend that we're all disappearing, as we move forward in every level of society and it's so frightening. This is all a big reaction to the fact that there are more women in medical school than there are men now and I am pretty sure it will be the same soon in law schools and in business.” ThinkingMenTryingFactsBigsSchoolMovingLawOrderLevelsDisappearMedicalReactionsMoving ForwardFrighteningIn-lawsLaw SchoolMedical SchoolI Am Pretty Author:Meryl Streep