#my

My character Lena is somebody who responds to people in a very simple way. I didn't have to take myself off to a darkened room to concentrate, I just had to try and be open. It's an interesting, subtle relationship. ↗

— Emily Watson

#concentrate #darkened #had #i #interesting

I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money. ↗

— Kristy Swanson

#lot #make #money #my own #own

Henry Ford was right. A prosperous economy requires that workers be able to buy the products that they produce. This is as true in a global economy as a national one. ↗

— John J. Sweeney

#buy #economy #ford #global #global economy

Girlfriend and 100 Percent Fun were my two peeks, around '92 and '96. The reality is that the times I had the most media success, sold lots of records and played bigger shows, I had the least control of my own life. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

#bigger #control #fun #girlfriend #had

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#admire #beauty #creator #expands #i

How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#defy #fear #how #human #hunger

I've supported myself by writing since 1992, and I'm probably very nearly unemployable by now because employers are likely to be put off by the long gap. ↗

— Greg Egan

#employers #gap #i #likely #long

The myth of fascist efficiency has deluded many people. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#efficiency #fascist #many #myth #people

During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come. ↗

— Mika Waltari

#come #differ #dread #during #gods

My style is all to myself. ↗

— John Lee Hooker

#style