#co

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#anything #oneself #only #persuade #real

I think a lot of romanticizing has gone on with the women's movement. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#course #heroes #i #london #never

I think kids ought to travel. I think it's very good to carry kids around. It's good for them. Of course it's tough on the parents. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#course #heroes #i #london #never

I never did anything alone. Whatever was accomplished in this country was accomplished collectively. ↗

— Golda Meir

#alone #anything #collectively #country #did

Time and distance from the first and second world wars doesn't seem to lessen their horrors. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#first #horrors #lessen #second #seem

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#capable #first-rate #know #like #love

Hard Day's Night was one of those great films that will never happen again to anyone in their lifetime. UA were in profit before we'd even finished shooting - The advance sales on the album - the film was out before the album was out was more than it cost UA to make the film. ↗

— Richard Lester

#again #album #anyone #before #cost

I think I remember from the offset I said, 'I've visited this territory. This isn't for me.' And then I read the script and I said, 'You know, this is completely something different. This is a whole new life.' ↗

— Jared Leto

#different #i #i remember #i think #know

I don't know, when I was a kid, when I would see shows that changed my life, I would go to see shows where there was my mother taking us to see classic rock concerts, like Zeppelin, or when I saw Pink Floyd or when I saw, you know, when I was a little older, and I saw Nine Inch Nails, and I saw The Cure. ↗

— Jared Leto

#classic #classic rock #concerts #cure #floyd

A very common thing these days is people show up and they ask us in the band to sign with a Sharpie right on their skin and they go get it tattooed the next day. Then they'll show up at another show and they'll have their tattoo. ↗

— Jared Leto

#ask #band #common #common thing #day