#act

The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room; only one activity: clearing away ... The destructive character is young and cheerful. For destroying rejuvenates in clearing away traces of our own age ... ↗

— Walter Benjamin

#age

According to the Law of Attraction, the physical reality that you experience at present is drawn towards the future probability you desired when it attains more power. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money #motivational #new-age

Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be. But for now, we simply have to be satisfied with who we are. ↗

— Brandon Sanderson

#finding-yourself #inspirational #need #satisfaction #truth

Chong said, "Do yourself a favor, Morg. Next time you're staring at a girl's boobs, look up. You'll be shocked to learn it, but there's going to be a face up there. Nose, mouth, eyes. And behind the eyes is an actual person." "Yes, Confucius, I know. Girls are people. Wisom of the ages. Nix is a girl and therefore a person. I know that." "Really?" said Chong as he watched Benny vanish around a corner. "Maybe if you looked her in the eyes, she'd know that you know. ↗

— Jonathan Maberry

#attraction #girls #lust #maturity #relationships

Why can't a woman be a little cooler in her emotions and a little quieter and more repressed without it being a huge thing? I've actually always quite enjoyed that, to tell you the truth. ↗

— Anna Torv

#always #being #cooler #emotions #enjoyed

It made me alive to the fact that the most important thing sometimes is what isn't said - to prepare for moments of revelation that can be read entirely on actors' faces without dialogue. ↗

— Robert Towne

#dialogue #entirely #faces #fact #important

I hated the fake world of celebrities, especially those my age. The media plays them up in sparkles and happiness to make it more appealing so they can exploit you. At least that’s what my naïve self thought of the entertainment world then. ↗

— Tiffany Fulton

#actresses #celebrities #fame-and-fortune #age

...My deepest personal reason for staying in Paris is that whatever I have as a character, good or bad, is based on the fact that since the age of four I have never run away from anything however painful or dangerous when I thought it was my duty to take a stand -- the American Ambassador to France upon being asked to evacuate Paris by the State Department on the eve of Nazi occupation of Paris in 1940 ↗

— William C. Bullitt

#strength #strength-of-character #world-war-i #age

I don't believe most of the stuff that comes out of my mouth is apropriate for all ages. ↗

— Joe H. Sherman

#age

But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#harry-dresden #inaction #life #molly-carpenter #life