#if

All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian. ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#even #i #lesbian #life #me

I look for an interesting and often times, fresh character. Something different that what is done all the time or than I've done recently. I look at who is directing. Those two variables as well as a third, which is the content and the quality of the screenplay. I look at the arcs of the scenes and characters and relationships. ↗

— William Baldwin

#character #characters #content #different #directing

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

#avail #effective #far #godly #life

The threads of malice creeping toward him from Beloved's side of the table were held harmless in the warmth of Sethe's smile. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#imagery #beauty

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing. ↗

— Russell Banks

#been #draw #i #life #my life

I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy. ↗

— Ann Bancroft

#beautiful #being #being beautiful #devote #healthy

It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough to keep on going. ↗

— Ernie Banks

#energy #enough #going #keep #kind

Your life plays out as a reflection of your genetic makeup and potentiality as expressed through your environment and choices. Love yourself enough to create an environment in your life that is conducive to the nourishment of your personal growth. Allow yourself to let go of the people, thoughts, and situations that poison your well-being. Cultivate a vibrant surrounding and commit yourself to making choices that will help you release the greatest expression of your unique beauty and purpose. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#choices #environment #inspirational #life #motivational

Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be in any other part of their life. ↗

— Russell Banks

#become #honest #imaginative #intelligent #life

I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows out of my having invented myself as a listener so that I could hear her voice. ↗

— Russell Banks

#could #grows #having #hear #her