#elf

I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more difficult is to identify with someone you don't see, who's very far away, who's a different color, who eats a different kind of food. When you begin to do that then literature is really performing its wonders. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#begin #color #different #different color #different kind

Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#begin #even #far #identify #might

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. ↗

— Henry Adams

#doubts #especially #faith #good #good faith

I consider myself a non-denominational Christian. I grew up in a Bible church and still hold those beliefs very close to me. ↗

— Jensen Ackles

#bible #christian #church #close #consider

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#bottom #got #i #myself #out

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#appeal #else #i #music #myself

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#because #different #different ways #expected #i

I've always wanted to push myself and move with the tide. That's just how I am and it's worked for me. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#am #how #i #i am #just

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#ground #how #knack #learning #miss

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ↗

— Scott Adams

#allowing #creativity #keep #knowing #make