#elf

You find me at work; excuse the dust on my blouse. I sculpt my marble myself. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#excuse #find #i #marble #me

No one is free who does not lord over himself. ↗

— Claudius

#free #himself #lord #over #who

A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself. ↗

— Georges Clemenceau

#himself #i #interesting #know #life

At least a third of a woman's life is marked with aging; about a third of her body is made of fat. Both symbols are being transformed into operable condition--so that women will only feel healthy if we are two thirds of the women we could be. How can an "ideal" be about women if it is defined as how much of a female sexual characteristic does not show on her body, and how much of a female life does not show on her face? ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#aging #beauty #body-image #cosmetic-surgery #cosmetics

If I steal money from any person, there may be no harm done from the mere transfer of possession; he may not feel the loss, or it may prevent him from using the money badly. But I cannot help doing this great wrong towards Man, that I make myself dishonest. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

#badly #cannot #dishonest #doing #done

Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility? ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#honest #i #i think #know #marriage

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#different #diplomacy #open #part #self-interest

V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for “your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#books #cool #culture #desire #emotion

Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#self-centered #self-love

A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#hope #i #interesting #lot #memoirs