#hi

I don't think I would be a writer if I had stayed in Chile. I would be trapped in the chores, in the family, in the person that people expected me to be. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#chores #expected #family #had #i

I think all of us feel like we're a bit on show, all the time. ↗

— Tatum O'Neal

#feel #i #i think #like #show

The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion. ↗

— Pedro Almodovar

#comic #emotion #feel #film #films

I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too. ↗

— Walt Alston

#believer #bunch #evening #going #great

One thing I've learned in life is that I can speak for myself, that I can fight my own battles. I don't like anyone telling me how I'm supposed to feel or think or what I'm supposed to say. ↗

— Hope Solo

#free-spirited #individuality #leadership #outspoken #resiliency

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self. ↗

— B. R. Ambedkar

#being #born #development #does #drop

Shanghai set out to take over from Hong Kong and I think it's done that. It's got the most amazing futuristic skyline which rivals and even betters Tokyo. ↗

— Paul Oakenfold

#done #even #futuristic #got #hong

If I'm writing, I'll say something metaphorical or approximate, whereas scientists are very precise. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#i #metaphorical #precise #say #scientists

I like to feel the burn of the audience's eyes when I'm whispering all my darkest secrets into the microphone. ↗

— Conor Oberst

#burn #darkest #eyes #feel #i

You're getting everyone's point of view at the same time, which, for me, is the perfect state for a novel: a cubist state, the cubist novel. ↗

— Michael Ondaatje

#getting #me #novel #perfect #point