#elves

So I saw that there was only me. There was only me who could worry about what was happening here, inside these walls of my life. Other people had their own worlds to worry about, and in the end, they had to fend for themselves, just like us. ↗

— Markus Zusak

#only-me #people #walls #worlds #worry

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#bankrupt #ourselves #search #security #vain

I wanted to write something from a child's viewpoint... Five of the characters I have played in movies have either been abused or became abusers, themselves, and I just kind of felt like there was a need. ↗

— Meg Tilly

#became #been #characters #child #either

Women are more sure of themselves today. They don't have to emulate the way men dress. ↗

— Gianni Versace

#emulate #men #more #sure #themselves

We will not send troops. Germany is not committed to Iraq - we will not commit ourselves with troops. ↗

— Joschka Fischer

#committed #germany #iraq #ourselves #send

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. ↗

— Margot Fonteyn

#any #art #artists #find #great

Go not to the elves for counsel, for they will say both yes and no. ↗

— J. R. R. Tolkien

#counsel #elves #go #say #will

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#first #found #great #great men #i

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#consciences #contrary #existed #external #intolerable

Only one of us would usually sing lead. Which most of the time was, Mickey or Dave. They thought it was perfectly a natural routine, because Mickey and Dave saw themselves as TV actors. ↗

— Peter Tork

#dave #lead #mickey #most #natural