#ding

The stories that I want to tell, especially as a director, don't necessarily have a perfect ending because, the older you get, the more you appreciate a good day versus a happy ending. You understand that life continues on the next day; the reality of things is what happens tomorrow. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#because #continues #day #director #ending

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. ↗

— Mark Twain

#concealing #consists #good #good breeding #how

I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my character, Bev, was angry at the world. I'm the opposite. Inside my head I'd be like, God, I'll explain to you at the end of shooting that I'm not this person. ↗

— Drew Barrymore

#anybody #because #cars #character #doing

I feel like I'm on top of the world. Honestly, I feel like I've climbed a very giant mountain, and I'm just standing right on top with my arms wide open and breathing rarified air. ↗

— Shania Twain

#arms #breathing #climbed #feel #giant

Sometimes poetry is inspired by the conversation entered into by reading other poems. ↗

— John Barton

#conversation #entered #inspired #into #other

The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized! ↗

— Roland Barthes

#clearly #deal #ending #entire #great

The children don't wear their masks at home and in controlled surroundings. ↗

— Martin Bashir

#controlled #home #masks #surroundings #their

No wedding bells for me anymore. I've been happily married to my profession for years. ↗

— Shirley Bassey

#anymore #been #bells #happily #i

I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me. ↗

— Shania Twain

#because #change #cries #good #holding

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#each #ill #luck #misunderstanding #never