#myself

I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself. ↗

— Alberto Giacometti

#grip #i #myself #paint #protect

I work from awkwardness. By that I mean I don't like to arrange things. If I stand in front of something, instead of arranging it, I arrange myself. ↗

— Diane Arbus

#arranging #awkwardness #front #i #instead

I left Chicago many years ago to move to California. You can't help but live a healthy lifestyle here if you want to fit in. I find myself eating chicken and salad and chicken and salad and salad and chicken, like a monk. ↗

— James Belushi

#california #chicago #chicken #eating #find

At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#attention #began #book #father #i

I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested. ↗

— Christine Lahti

#aging #care #fight #good #i

I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself. ↗

— Christine Lahti

#i #like #myself #something #stretch

Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities. ↗

— Christine Lahti

#capabilities #challenges #confident #face #faced

I would like to involve myself in some black music. I would like to do some blues and some gospel music. I want to try stuff from other genres and try to widen my musical base. ↗

— Greg Lake

#black #black music #blues #genres #gospel

When we made that album with Gary Moore, I was still kind of searching for the right direction for myself. Although the music is quite good the direction was like a box of fireworks that caught light all at the same time. ↗

— Greg Lake

#although #box #caught #direction #fireworks

I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#food #i #i think #included #intimidating