#hen

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. ↗

— Ben Okri

#authentic #capacity #create #endure #greater

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it. ↗

— Ben Okri

#book #bring #creative #creative act #like

If someone's got good, clean skin, with not too much make-up on, and good, clean hair that's bouncy, and the nails are clean and not overly done, then you can put anything on her and she's going to look good. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#clean #done #going #good #got

My aim is to make you look the best you can and if that means a little bit of internal pulling and hoisting up, then so be it. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#best #bit #internal #little #little bit

I have more respect for somebody who points at his ideal - in this case, the ideal of the pirate - and then becomes something that's more radical, more exciting, more subversive than a pirate could ever be. ↗

— Will Oldham

#case #could #ever #exciting #his

Whenever I see something that looks like it could be good - whether it's on vinyl, CD or cassette - if it's not too expensive, I'll take a chance. ↗

— Will Oldham

#cd #chance #could #expensive #good

We lived in a flat that you could pretty much fit in my current kitchen. No wonder people drink! I can't understand why they don't throw themselves off the balconies. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#current #drink #fit #flat #i

And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the closest thing to you, it touches you. Some actors like to go into make-up and then put their clothes on, but I like to dress first; that's my routine. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#actor #character #closest #closest thing #clothes

And of course I've got kids of my own now, and they love me being in the Harry Potter films. I'm now part of a phenomenon. You become incredibly cool to your kids, and you get a young fan base. So you became the cool dad at school. You're suddenly hip. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#became #become #being #cool #course

It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if anything is over 30 years old, they sort of knock it down and replace it. It's a strange town, it's this sprawling suburb, and then there's a city, the old town. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#anything #bit #california #city #demolished