#elf

I gave myself an objective, to be the second president from Correze and finally to be the successor to Francois Mitterrand. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#gave #i #myself #objective #president

I have given myself one objective, to be the long-awaited successor to Francois Mitterrand. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#i #myself #objective #successor

I perfectly understood President Obama's attitude throughout the French presidential campaign. He had no reason to distance himself from Nicolas Sarkozy. It's the basic solidarity that leaders who worked together owe to each other. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#basic #campaign #distance #each #french

He didn't maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way! ↗

— Judy Holliday

#before #boy #gave #great #great way

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#business #convinced #experience #hating #i

I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#approach #eliminate #else #every #feel

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. ↗

— Horace

#free #himself #man #then #who

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself. ↗

— Horace

#first #first of all #grief #me #must

Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X. ↗

— Lena Horne

#any #became #before #consciousness #him

Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. ↗