#if

I had to fight like hell to convince people I was beautiful in my own Polish half-breed way. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

#convince #fight #had #hell #i

Overtime, hatchery fish tend to show signs of domestication and these traits adapted to the hatchery environment can make it more difficult to survive in the wild. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#difficult #environment #fish #make #more

My own fantasies of what life would be like at 24 tended to the more spectacular. ↗

— Joan Didion

#life #like #more #my own #own

I lead a very conventional life. ↗

— Joan Didion

#i #lead #life #very

How can I expect readers to know who I am if I do not tell them about my family, my friends, the relationships in my life? Who am I if not where I fit in the world, where I fit in the lives of the people dear to me? ↗

— Rabih Alameddine

#fitting-in #friends #life #living #relationships

The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. ↗

— Joan Didion

#any #compulsion #compulsive #down #impulse

I like the way that different people recognise me for the roles I done. ↗

— Casper Van Dien

#different people #done #i #like #me

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#discerning #high #high quality #identifying #implies

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

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