#iving

For me, my 20s were all about reaching for the brass ring of work in theater, television, and film, surviving in between by waiting tables, painting houses, serving coffee, and temping. ↗

— Kate Walsh

#between #brass #coffee #film #houses

I suppose when I was a kid, and I went to movies, and later went to some plays on my own when I got a little older, in New Orleans, where I was living then, I zeroed in on the actor. ↗

— Ray Walston

#got #i #kid #later #little

All too many young people are receiving mixed messages and inaccurate information about drugs. ↗

— John Walters

#accurate information #inaccurate #information #many #messages

I could have gone professional, but I'm not giving up on my dream. ↗

— Rau'Shee Warren

#dream #giving #giving up #gone #i

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. ↗

— Alan Watts

#fear #flourish #future #guilt #heart

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. ↗

— Alan Watts

#future #living #made #now #plans

I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#choice #drawing #i #i think #living

As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn't matter at all. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#art #away #born #cannot #communicate

If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#become #chinese #common #common sense #essential

So maybe there are three parts in my life - earlier background living in exile in Xinjiang in a very political circumstance, then later the United States from 24 to 36 years old. I was quite equipped with liberal thinking. Then the Internet. If there is no Internet, of course, I cannot really exercise my opinion or my ideas. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#cannot #circumstance #course #earlier #equipped