#only

I had, toward the last, been shut off from all visitors, and so when the lawyer, Peter A. Hendricks, came and told me that friends of mine were willing to take charge of me if I would rather be with them than in the asylum, I was only too glad to give my consent. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#been #came #charge #consent #friends

When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. ↗

— Robert Bly

#absent #children #day #during #father

Sometimes, the smaller roles in movies can be the most interesting. If you only take the stance that you'll only play central characters in movies, you'll find yourself not being able to indulge in that morally grey terrain that makes support characters so rich and interesting. ↗

— Joel Edgerton

#being #central #characters #find #grey

Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. That's what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing. After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots. ↗

— Mark Boal

#after #alert #alien #always #around

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#conquered #forces #long #long run #only

Often, I went in love with some friends in school. And, no, I suffered. Only later, things went better. ↗

— Andrea Bocelli

#friends #i #later #love #often

You can be great only if it is your destiny. ↗

— Andrea Bocelli

#great #only #you #your

Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help. ↗

— Bodhidharma

#becomes #enlightened #help #million #only

In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted. ↗

— Zac Efron

#back #business #careers #chances #could

Being rewarded for anything other than the quality of their work is the fastest way to screw-up a writer-and it isn't only new ones who suffer from that. ↗

— Greg Egan

#being #fastest #new #ones #only