#asks

She did not know yet how sometimes people keep parts of themselves hidden and secret, sometimes wicked and unkind parts, but often brave or wild or colorful parts, cunning or powerful or even marvelous, beautiful parts, just locked up away at the bottom of their hearts. They do this because they are afraid of the world and of being stared at, or relied upon to do feats of bravery or boldness. And all of those brave and wild and cunning and marvelous and beautiful parts they hid away and left in the dark to grow strange mushrooms—and yes, sometimes those wicked and unkind parts, too—end up in their shadow. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#layers #masks #beauty

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#devote #i #myself #never #new

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, "I was wrong". ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#acts #excluded #feats #hardest #hate

If anyone asks you what kind of music you play, tell him 'pop.' Don't tell him 'rock'n'roll' or they won't even let you in the hotel. ↗

— Buddy Holly

#asks #even #him #hotel #kind

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause. ↗

— Homer

#brave #brave man #cause #country #draws

The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society. ↗

— Shirley Hufstedler

#asks #be prepared #calling #children #democratic

The theater, bringing impersonal masks to life, is only for those who are virile enough to create new life: either as a conflict of passions subtler than those we already know, or as a complete new character. ↗

— Alfred Jarry

#bringing #character #complete #conflict #create

I went to London and performed in Eric Clapton's concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I'll work with him any time he asks me. ↗

— Carole King

#any #asks #clapton #concert #eric

Don't you know that a midnight hour comes when everyone has to take off his mask? Do you think life always lets itself be trifled with? Do you think you can sneak off a little before midnight to escape this? ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#life

Always give an autograph when somebody asks you. ↗

— Tommy Lasorda

#asks #autograph #give #somebody #you