#elf

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. ↗

— Epictetus

#say #then #would #you #yourself

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#arrangement #business #called #derive #friendship

I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them. ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

#enjoy #film #film industry #hate #how

I wanted to write a film and I thought the best way to do so was to train myself within the field... It was just like a cycle of people trying to make it, not making it, doing extra work, and it was pretty depressing in the end. ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

#best way #cycle #depressing #doing #end

When I was younger, I used to visualise myself scoring wonder goals, stuff like that. ↗

— Wayne Rooney

#i #like #myself #scoring #stuff

The economy is terrible it's been terrible for years now, and the reason it's bad is not because of a debt-ceiling vote. The reason it's bad is because we have people who believe that by making government bigger by keeping people on unemployment checks and on welfare we're going to dig us out of this mess. ↗

— Todd Rokita

#because #been #believe #bigger #checks

I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office. ↗

— James Rollins

#animal #back #be happy #before #book

If golf wasn't enjoyable and there wasn't a lot of humor and enjoyment, even though the game is so frustrating, you would wonder why you put yourself through it. ↗

— Ray Romano

#enjoyment #even #frustrating #game #golf

Strikers are egotists, selfish. We have to be. ↗

— Romario

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#get #going #got #just #sufficient