#her

There is no teacher, living or past, who can give us the actual understanding of Truth. A teacher can only put our feet upon the path and point the way. That is all. It is wholly dependent on the individual to make his way to Truth. ↗

— Paul Twitchell

#actual #dependent #feet #give #his

Once in a while, when I first started to write pieces, I would try to write to a reader other than myself. I always failed. I would freeze up. ↗

— Joan Didion

#failed #first #freeze #i #i always

I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#ago #first #first time #hair #hand

It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#any #because #bizarre #elephants #killed

With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#get #give #hug #just #knock

In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of every artist. Our life is occupied with playing, whether we play an instrument or a role. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#case #element #every #fact #i

In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#atmosphere #could #describe #main #mood

Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs, we can be reminded, among other things, of the social conditions under which Schubert had to work. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#among #believe #conditions #good #had

Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking his way into the minds of others, causing them to speak on his behalf, but that he was now speaking for himself. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#causing #end #himself #his #his way

I think the other misconceptions when the film came out, he was very upset that it was so widely released and so widely seen. And neither one of us - well, I think I had hopes it would be, 'cause I really did think it was something special. ↗

— Terry Zwigoff

#cause #did #film #had #hopes