#elf

You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn’t determine who you are. You must all realize what you’re worth on your own. ↗

— Koushun Takami

#inspirational #intrinsic-value #japanese #life #self-confidence

I always have been a private person. I like to be alone. When I was a little girl I used to listen to the radio and just be by myself. ↗

— Columba Bush

#always #been #girl #i #i always

If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect the same thing again. ↗

— Terry Venables

#expect #going #history #i #itself

Best results are often achieved well before you need a job, by consistently networking so that when you find yourself job-hunting you have a large network to work with. ↗

— Erik Qualman

#before #best #consistently #find #job

To express to you in mere words, our personal feelings on this occasion you must know to be impossible, and particularly so for one who normally has to describe only things outside himself. ↗

— Melvin Calvin

#express #feelings #himself #impossible #know

I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all. ↗

— James Cameron

#director #filmmaker #had #i #makes

The fact of the matter is, most of our orders are not supersized. Less than five per cent are supersized - that's never mentioned. The whole issue has been supersized itself. ↗

— Jim Cantalupo

#cent #fact #five #issue #itself

The best preparation for acting is life - observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when you have to research a part, a scene or an emotion, you go into the library and get what you need. ↗

— Kate Capshaw

#becomes #best #emotion #get #go

Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

#his #impossible #physical #poet #poetry

I'm excited by challenging myself physically and mentally every day. ↗

— Emily VanCamp

#day #every #every day #excited #i