#my

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#anything #away #because #began #benefits

Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#every #i #into #me #myself

I feel 80% of my life is completely normal. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#completely normal #feel #i #i feel #life

If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself. ↗

— Rachel Roy

#i #love #myself

Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#been #executive #greek #greek mythology #hard

Torture has been privatized now, so you have obviously the whole scandal in America about the abuse of prisoners and the fact that, army people might be made to pay a price, but who are the privatized torturers accountable too? ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#abuse #accountable #america #army #been

I am really focused on how I can improve myself and the world around me. ↗

— Rachel Roy

#around #focused #how #i #i am

When I go out and I'm presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a costume. ↗

— Rachel Roy

#costume #different #everyone #go #i

I've always had a keen interest in the world. My father was in Patton's 3rd Army, and he helped liberate Dachau in the 7th Army. ↗

— Ed Royce

#army #father #had #helped #i

For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply cannot tell. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#cannot #concrete #consciousness #consists #form