#other

Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#another #closely #cure #egotism #excessive

Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at them because they don't. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#because #break #create #each #ever

I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image. ↗

— David Bowie

#astounded #i #i think #image #jagger

But I'm pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people. ↗

— David Bowie

#good #i #other #people #pretty

I don't profess to have music as my big wheel and there are a number of other things as important to me apart from music. Theatre and mime, for instance. ↗

— David Bowie

#big #i #important #instance #me

Since the departure of good old-fashioned entertainers the re-emergence of somebody who wants to be an entertainer has unfortunately become a synonym for camp. I don't think I'm camper than any other person who felt at home on stage, and felt more at home on stage than he did offstage. ↗

— David Bowie

#become #camp #camper #departure #did

It gradually dawned upon me that there was no one more difficult to please than my mother. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#difficult #gradually #me #more #mother

My mum brought me up on her own. All we really had was each other. ↗

— Russell Brand

#each #had #her #me #mum

I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#i #lacked #myself #others #strength

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing. ↗

— Brenda Ueland

#another #anything #cent #certain #even