#my life

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America. ↗

— John James Audubon

#again #although #america #beloved #bodies

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. ↗

— Jane Austen

#being #i #life #my life #practice

Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It's nothing I work real hard at doing. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#art #been #doing #gift #had

I've been used by women all my life, fortunately. ↗

— David Bailey

#fortunately #i #life #my life #used

I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum. ↗

— Anita Baker

#complex #i #just #keep #life

I've been vegan since I got out of the hospital... It's another eye opener. It changed my life in a number of ways. ↗

— Travis Barker

#been #changed #eye #got #hospital

Dancing is my obsession. My life. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#life #my life #obsession

All I wanted was to be big, to be in show business and to travel... and that's what I've been doing all my life. ↗

— Count Basie

#big #business #doing #i #life

I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life. ↗

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

#going #i #life #my life #rest

I don't see my old films, but I think of the characters I played as friends, like the women I meet in my life who made strong impressions on me. I remember them and they are part of me. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

#films #friends #i #i remember #i think