#elf

I was once a welfare recipient and am very aware of the successes and failures of this critical safety net. There are those that would have us believe that those receiving TANF benefits are lazy, shiftless, freeloaders who are just sitting around thinking of another way to suckle from the government teat. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#another #another way #around #aware #believe

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#deepest #feeling #itself #restraint #shows

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#excitement #fabric #governed #gravity #i

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#itself #passion #people #right #setting

Capitalism would have never let me be a filmmaker, living in Flint, Michigan with a high school education. I was going to have to make that happen myself. ↗

— Michael Moore

#education #filmmaker #flint #going #happen

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty. ↗

— Roger Moore

#blessed #good #good looks #i #looks

I have to reign myself in a lot. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#lot #myself #reign

The welfare system in the United States is vile. ↗

— Daniel Keys Moran

#system #united #united states #vile #welfare

I paint very messy. I throw paint around. So when I let myself do the same sort of thing with my writing, and I would just write and write and write and revise, that's when I found my rhythm in writing. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#found #i #just #messy #myself

I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#care #could #get #i #mom