#lives

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives. ↗

— Robert Caro

#because #biography #democracy #examine #famous

I try to stay out of the spotlight as much as humanly possible, because I think that when actors, whether or not they've chosen it or it has been thrust upon them, are living very public lives, it affects your ability to get lost in their performances. ↗

— Anne Hathaway

#affects #because #been #chosen #get

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#assume #becoming #been #better #efficient

Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun. ↗

— Patricia Heaton

#books #both #each #enjoying #fun

I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they're at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not only organize my work life but also their school lives. ↗

— Patricia Heaton

#always #any #catch #during #home

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#congress #could #frustrating #how #imagine

Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#building #culture #democracy #election #event

The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on. ↗

— J. G. Holland

#feeds #like #lives #soul

I was lucky, as many of my generation was, in having a man like Dr. King in our lives. He came at a time that we needed to take a long look at each other and see how similar we were. ↗

— Lena Horne

#dr #each #generation #having #how

The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#epic #grandiose #ideal #lives #ode