#open

A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when the author leads us to one particular door, we know it is the right one because it opens. ↗

— John Updike

#author #because #been #choices #door

For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events unfold. ↗

— Michael Chang

#events #french #french open #glued #i

I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show. ↗

— Michael Chang

#allowed #already #brought #certain #characteristic

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks. ↗

— Stokely Carmichael

#close #enter #first #group #must

Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#beauty #because #brains #cultivate #doors

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#either #life #opens #opportunities #stay