#on

I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself. ↗

— Emily Watson

#entertained #grew #i #lots #meant

Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. ↗

— Amos Bronson Alcott

#educators #experience #more #observation #persons

You can make more friends in a month by being interested in them than in ten years by trying to get them interested in you. ↗

— Charles Mengel Allen

#friends #get #interested #make #month

I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#commercial #everyone #good #i #influenced

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#bear #earn #name #rejoice #reproach

You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space. ↗

— Ira Glass

#coined #enough #into #long #radio

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet. ↗

— Theophile Gautier

#been #cannot #completely #critic #established

Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#been #i #lord #salvation #thank

Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won't come in. ↗

— Alan Alda

#awhile #begin #challenging #come #every

Listening is being able to be changed by the other person. ↗

— Alan Alda

#being #changed #listening #other #person