#elves

Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having. But they never feel it themselves, and it's impossible to explain. It's like trying to tell a blind person what yellow is. ↗

— Alex Kapranos

#although #aware #blind #blind person #explain

This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession. ↗

— Ryszard Kapuscinski

#intimate #literature #most #part #possession

What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#attractive #community #decisions #especially #faith

If economists could manage to get themselves thought of as humble, competent people on a level with dentists, that would be splendid. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#could #economists #get #humble #level

We've all made mistakes that are similar in just trying to get by or make some money or feel good about ourselves. ↗

— Laura Kightlinger

#feel #feel good #get #good #just

Most of us don't spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting. ↗

— Jewel Kilcher

#just #keep #knowing #most #ourselves

To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in their places. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

#depends #golden #golden rule #keep #must

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves. ↗

— Larry King

#anything #kidding #luck #mention #succeeded

Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion that's there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile. ↗

— Edward Zwick

#because #catharsis #emotion #even #experience

We all can relate to people's weaknesses. We might put up a facade that everything is perfect but none of us are. When we see that weakness in somebody else, we understand or give ourselves a little bit of leeway. ↗

— Joel Kinnaman

#else #everything #facade #give #leeway