#life

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through. ↗

— Edward James Olmos

#basically #being #character #characters #come

My brother is nine years older than I am. He's a psychology professor, I'm an actor, and so we look at life in two different ways. We thought it would be interesting to come together and take our unique perspectives and share them with everybody else. ↗

— Matt Czuchry

#am #brother #come #different #different ways

The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#life #philosophy #courage

I like change. I've never really had much consistency in my life, you know, from everyday work to my living situation to whether or not I'm going to be in L.A. The one constant thing in my life is my friends and family, which is all I need. ↗

— Mary-Kate Olsen

#consistency #constant #everyday #family #friends

There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe. ↗

— Charles Olson

#europe #grace #life #still #which

In our relationship, we don't have that situation. I don't require what he needs, and he doesn't require what I need. I know what I do; I have an amazing life that nobody knows about. ↗

— John Oates

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Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#complex #life #people #personality #politician

When people say there is too much violence in my books, what they are saying is there is too much reality in life. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#life #much #people #people say #reality

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#awards #books #degrees #encouragement #encouraging

The great menace to the life of an industry is industrial self-complacency. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

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