#con

A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense. ↗

— Thomas Harrison

#advent #conveys #message #much #poem

Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#belt #convictions #courage #films #gives

Actors cannot choose the manner in which they are born. Consequently, it is the one gesture in their lives completely devoid of self-consciousness. ↗

— Helen Hayes

#cannot #choose #completely #consequently #devoid

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#consider #i #me #myself #novel

The secret of big and revolutionary actions also consists in discovering the tiny step that is simultaneously a strategic step, insofar as it entails additional steps in the direction of a better reality. ↗

— Gustav Heinemann

#additional #also #better #big #consists

I think my independence was a big help to getting Judges Roberts and Alito confirmed, and I think that's recognized. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#confirmed #getting #help #i #i think

I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience would like it to be. Between you and me, I think the second one is what I would prefer. ↗

— Aaron Spelling

#between #depict #family #i #i think

Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated citizenry. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

#adequately #challenges #citizenry #confronting #economy

I should have known. The first tip I got was when she rarely showed up in court for the second trial. ↗

— Dennis Kozlowski

#first #got #i #known #rarely

Be grateful. These feelings, no matter how painful, are part of living. Today, we are alive—not anesthetized, not sedated, not passed out. Take control of your feelings and through action you can change. Today, as every day of sober living, we have a choice. ↗

— Ann D. Clark

#sober-living #sobriety #taking-control #change