#be

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#been #cannot #completely #critic #established

Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#been #i #lord #salvation #thank

Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won't come in. ↗

— Alan Alda

#awhile #begin #challenging #come #every

Listening is being able to be changed by the other person. ↗

— Alan Alda

#being #changed #listening #other #person

As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating. ↗

— Emily Watson

#camera #followed #formal #having #liberating

So odd. Most women of his acquaintance relied on physical beauty and charm to mask their less-pleasant traits. This girl did the opposite, hiding everything interesting about herself behind a prim, plain facade. What other surprises was she concealing? ↗

— Tessa Dare

#character #beauty

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die. ↗

— Vittorio Alfieri

#courage #die #live #rather #test

I don't think I will be less good because there's less pressure on me. ↗

— Emily Watson

#good #i #less #me #pressure

His eyes opened, and he stared at me. The morning light was streaming through the window,and my hair rolled in waves over either shoulder. “God has smiled upon me. I have the most beautiful wife in all the land. ↗

— Lisa Tawn Bergren

#beauty

I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity. ↗

— Brian Aldiss

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