#me

The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#consequences #form #looking #masters #may

I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them? ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#everyone #history #how #i #knows

I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#acting #boring #come #everyone #find

In my life, I've had estates in Russia, houses in Spain, in Norway, in the deep south of America. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#deep #deep south #estates #had #houses

It's true, I've become one of those grumpy older women. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#grumpy #i #older #older women #those

The thing about being an actor is that you turn into other people. You have to hide yourself a bit in order to let that other person come out. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#actor #being #bit #come #hide

I remember lying down for a nap one day at about 4:00 and walking up at 11:00 the next morning. ↗

— April Winchell

#day #down #i #i remember #lying

I'd like to run for office someday, but I'm afraid my ability to spell might give me an unfair advantage. ↗

— April Winchell

#advantage #afraid #give #give me #i

Is the beauty myth good to men? It hurts them by teaching them how to avoid loving women. It prevents men from actually seeing women. It does not, contrary to its own professed ideology, stimulate and gratify sexual longing. In suggesting a vision in place of a woman, it has a numbing effect, reducing all senses but the visual, and impairing even that. ↗

— Naomi Wolf

#beauty #body-image #cosmetic-surgery #cosmetics #culture

One of the best things about folklore and fairy tales is that the best fantasy is what you find right around the corner, in this world. That's where the old stuff came from. ↗

— Terri Windling

#around #best #came #corner #fairy