#ives

When somebody gives up their friends and everything they do just to be with a person, they wake up miserable one day. They're denying themselves for no real reason other than they think that's the thing to do. ↗

— Brian Austin Green

#denying #everything #friends #gives #just

I'm a very introverted person. Nothing that's happened has changed that, but one of the reasons I write for teens is it's a real privilege to have a seat at the table in the lives of young people when they're figuring out what matters to them. ↗

— John Green

#figuring #happened #i #i write #introverted

We have this habit of romanticizing the lives of writers. I remember when I was a kid, I was like, 'I want to be Kurt Vonnegut.' ↗

— John Green

#i #i remember #kid #kurt #like

I believe in broken, fractured, complicated narratives, but I believe in narratives as a vehicle for truth, not simply as a form of entertainment, though I love entertainment, but also a way of conveying what needs to be conveyed about the works that I care about. ↗

— Stephen Greenblatt

#also #believe #broken #care #complicated

I honestly don't have a lot of friends that are actors. Most of my friends I've known since sixth grade and are out of the industry. It gives me a sense of reality rather than surrounding myself with a bunch of actors. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#friends #gives #grade #honestly #i

I'm a bit of a workaholic. When I feel like I'm not doing something, it drives me insane. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#doing #drives #feel #i #i feel

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. ↗

— Graham Greene

#away #becomes #bribe #changes #effect

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that. ↗

— Judd Gregg

#another #area #been #environmental #environmental protection

The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment. ↗

— Judd Gregg

#country #dedicated #deserve #enjoy #freedoms

There's a God force inside of you that gives you a will to live. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#gives #god #inside #live #will