#my

Most of us are not real eager to grow, myself included. We try to be happy by staying in the status quo. But if we're not willing to be honest with ourselves about what we feel, we don't evolve. ↗

— Olympia Dukakis

#be happy #eager #evolve #feel #grow

My generation will actually be the first generation that is tamer than the one that came before it, and it will probably be poorer; less fun and less money. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#be the first #before #came #first #fun

The class has become over the years fairly large, running to three hundred or more, but I always insist upon reading all the student folklore collections myself. Although this is a tall order, I look forward to it because I learn so much from it. ↗

— Alan Dundes

#always #because #become #class #collections

I would endeavour to deserve my life, Sire. ↗

— Thomas Blood

#endeavour #i #life #my life #sire

I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#could #english #english teacher #growing #growing up

There's never been a parent in my life. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#life #my life #never #parent

The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion. ↗

— Katherine Dunham

#always #education #family #grow #had

In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul. ↗

— Claire Bloom

#get #i #into #my own #own

You know, I always think of myself as sort of ready for every criticism. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#criticism #every #i #i always #know

I don't believe in myths of decline or myths of progress, even as regards the literary scene. ↗

— Harold Bloom

#decline #even #i #literary #myths