#elves

Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person. ↗

— Christie Brinkley

#because #communicators #express #great #just

We are born to Exist, not to know, to be, not to assert ourselves. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#born #exist #know #ourselves

The story of Americans is the story of arrested metamorphoses. Those who achieve success come to a halt and accept themselves as they are. Those who fail become resigned and accept themselves as they are. ↗

— Harold Rosenberg

#achieve #arrested #become #come #fail

I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves. ↗

— Bill Ford

#bad #bull #comes #end #filled

In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves. ↗

— George H. Mead

#interests #nation #our #ourselves #primal

There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role before and is hungry to do it. They're testing themselves every day. They want to get out of their trailer and get to work. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#before #better #day #done #every

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#find #fit #image #love #love is

Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate. ↗

— John Metcalf

#honest #keep #themselves #writers

Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves, and proceeded up to the sleeping-room, in the usual order, two by two. ↗

— Maria Monk

#crossed #dipped #door #fingers #holy

The people themselves, and only the people, determine the rhythm of our fight. ↗

— Frederica Montseny

#fight #only #our #people #rhythm