#inspiration

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

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I would like to be called an inspiration to people, not a role model - because I make mistakes like everybody else. When I'm offstage, I'm just like everybody else. ↗

— Britney Spears

#called #else #everybody #everybody else #i

It's inspirational to see someone who is dying smile. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#inspirational #see #smile #someone #who

Great change doesn't come with official endorsement. ↗

— Patti Digh

#inspiration #life-paralysis #self-confidence #change

I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

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There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness. ↗

— Han Suyin

#gentleness #nothing #stronger #than #world

Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in my work as a mode of inspiration, but isolation is not good in this respect. I am not writing poetry about isolation. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#am #especially #everyone #experiences #good

Everyone's looking to the urban scene for inspiration now. ↗

— Robin Gibb

#inspiration #looking #now #scene #urban

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#knowledge #mankind #sail #thought #vessel

I view art as an inspirational tool. ↗

— Thomas Kincade

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