#here

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#because #comes #confidence #considerable #constituency

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. ↗

— Mark Twain

#around #first #go #here #living

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect. ↗

— George Bancroft

#no respect #obtain #people #possess #respect

I don't know that I spent any more time alone than any other kid, but being by myself never bothered me. ↗

— Joseph Barbera

#any #being #bothered #i #kid

I was emotionally and physically punched in the stomach. This is not a place where you go and deliver the lines and then you come back. It's kind of a life-changing experience. But it can't get better than this for any actor - this is like an opera. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#any #back #better #come #deliver

I have this problem with violence. I've only done one movie in almost 20 years where I killed people. It's called Perdita Durango. It's a Spanish movie. I'm very proud of the movie, but I felt weird doing that. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#called #doing #done #felt #i

I must have done everything I had. You go through years where you go through everything you've ever written. ↗

— Todd Barry

#ever #everything #go #had #i

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#built #castles #foundations #lost #need

I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living. ↗

— Harold Budd

#america #could #get #going #had

You say you don't see any part of me. To love in all this mess and I know. You take the good and all the bad that comes with me. ↗

— Sara Quin

#so-jealous #take-me-anywhere #tegan-and-sara #tegan-quin #love