#elf

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#english #great #great principle #itself #law

When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#dangerous #dangerous thing #good #himself #inwardly

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#adopting #died #grandfather #great #hands

I had everything I'd hoped for, but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn't like me for being... me. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#being #being funny #being myself #decided #everything

I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#everybody #everything #force #hard #how

The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#always #anybody #bob #copy #else

I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#begin #i #myself #recognize #seen

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up. ↗

— Cat Deeley

#being famous #changed #famous #grown #hasn

Use of the word; the word itself was not printed. ↗

— Robert Vaughan

#printed #use #word

For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#body-image #self-esteem-or-lack-thereof #beauty