#elf

Anyone in the humor business isn't thinking clearly if he doesn't surround himself with idea people. Otherwise, you settle for mediocrity - or you burn yourself out. ↗

— Hank Ketcham

#burn #business #clearly #himself #humor

I was tired and I had overworked myself and burnt myself out. So I went to Egypt by myself. When I saw what was built there, it made me understand how powerful we are, that we can create anything. And I felt like I needed to create things that were timeless too. ↗

— Alicia Keys

#built #burnt #create #egypt #felt

I had a coach that was not a great player, but he taught with kids and juniors so that by the time he was 50 he was great. He helped me make the top 5 in the world and yet he wasn't a great player himself. ↗

— Guy Forget

#coach #great #had #helped #himself

I will burn your city, your land, your self. ↗

— Hulagu Khan

#city #i #land #self #will

I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it the theme of my work? Not necessarily. I'm interested in a lot of things. ↗

— Callie Khouri

#call #deny #feminist #filmmaker #had

Nothing was a more powerful compass of my mood or a better indication of my self-worth than the number on the scale. ↗

— Betsy Lerner

#weight #food

I've been trying to figure out for at least the last 10 years how to force myself into something more risky. ↗

— Richard Foreman

#figure #force #how #i #into

Let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy our country's unity. ↗

— Mwai Kibaki

#country #destroy #let us #our #reject

The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself. ↗

— Milos Forman

#because #censorship #character #control #destroys

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to be ashamed of herself. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#her #herself #husband #influence #ought