#figure

When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#being #dreamed #figure #figure skating #i

The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare. ↗

— Michael Tippett

#myself #nearest #shakespeare #would

That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#along #anybody #because #being #deserve

I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking about people I admire, whether it's a writer or a musician or a sports figure or a politician, whatever. ↗

— Benicio Del Toro

#acting #admire #anything #figure #having

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#any #figure #heroic #i #level

But the greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out. You want the listener to find the song on their own. If you give too much away, it takes away from the imagination. ↗

— Diana Krall

#away #figure #find #give #greatest

I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out. ↗

— Diana Krall

#anything #figured #i #mission #out

I figured out, I guess, that the job just makes me happy if it's not number one. So if it all works, great. If it doesn't, I still go home, look at my kids, and I have a big smile on my face. ↗

— Thomas Kretschmann

#face #figured #go #go home #great

I figure when you get married, it doesn't matter how much you earn or how much your husband earns, just as long as everything you do for the house is together, while still reserving some part of yourself to be yourself. ↗

— Marta Kristen

#earn #earns #everything #figure #get

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

#done #fear #figure #get #haven