#nin

I felt that as long as we were being honest, and that we didn't bend the truth to accomplish another goal, to be entertaining or to be a happy ending, I was confident that we'd be able to tell the story the way it happened. ↗

— Ted Demme

#accomplish #another #being #being honest #bend

Since Michael died I think I've worked constantly. Friends and colleagues are very sustaining. They're the people who get you through it... It's no good to be on your own. ↗

— Judi Dench

#constantly #died #friends #get #good

If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but competent, rigorously argued, and carrying conviction. ↗

— Jacques Derrida

#because #carrying #competent #conviction #eccentric

My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet. ↗

— Manolo Blahnik

#feet #shoes #special

I think I'm a fun flatmate. I'm always cheerful. I go on tour with my band so it's 12 people on one bus and I feel like I'm the one who's happy in the morning. I'm not a chaotic person, but I might slack off on doing the dishes from time to time. ↗

— Zooey Deschanel

#band #bus #chaotic #cheerful #dishes

Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#before #being #better #doing #done

Anytime you ride against the best in the world, it becomes a learning process. ↗

— Bonnie Blair

#anytime #becomes #best #learning #learning process

A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up. ↗

— Florence Griffith Joyner

#car #early #like #morning #muscle

Once I had a better beat, I needed to have an even better one. And somewhere in that climbing, I lost sight of, sort of, my moral and ethical underpinnings. ↗

— Jayson Blair

#better #climbing #ethical #even #had

I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading. ↗

— Kate DiCamillo

#bachelor #english #formal #had #i