#kin

A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#banish #domestic #general #independence #kind

The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life. ↗

— Robert Penn Warren

#capacity #end #in the end #life #light

At the time, I was making good money doing background work and demos. ↗

— Dee Dee Warwick

#demos #doing #good #i #making

I don't give advice. 90% of the time nobody takes it anyway. I will give encouragement and if asked a question as to how, or why I did certain things and if I think this will help whomever is asking the question I will do this. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#anyway #asked #asking #certain #certain things

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#anything #body #commitment #completely #cut

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#am #best #cup #effort #goes

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#extent #father #go #i #kid

When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#away #child #come #could #door

I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#around #did #good #how #i

I like talking. I like acting. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#i #like #talking