#drawn

My parents had this relationship that was really terrifying. I mean, the level of hatred that they had, and the level of physical abuse - my mother would beat up my father, basically - and I think I was drawn to images on television that were bright and reflective. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#basically #beat #bright #drawn #father

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. ↗

— John Burroughs

#easily #however #like #men #more

My aunty says I'm the double of my father. He was a workaholic, which I've definitely inherited. And like me, he could be the life and soul of the party, but also quite withdrawn. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#could #definitely #double #father #i

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#experience #long #long experience #proverbs #sentences

I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#career #conclusion #drawn #i #knows

I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend. ↗

— Lily Collins

#girl #girlfriend #i #just #real

But no, I don't think I'm particularly drawn to the period roles or the medieval roles. ↗

— Hugh Dancy

#i #medieval #particularly #period #roles

No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#being #being happy #drawn #feelings #happy

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#books #collective #curtains #dignity #drawn

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older. ↗

— Jodie Foster

#because #definitely #drawn #get #happens