#ourself

The hardest thing about being in this business is just being able to be yourself. People act like there's this one set of rules to follow to be a pop star and I think, 'Well, you say I'm a pop star, so maybe that's not true.' ↗

— Kelly Clarkson

#about #act #be yourself #being #business

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in my opinion there is only one way: follow the rules. ↗

— Lars von Trier

#chess #choose #either #far #follow

Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't. ↗

— Alan Cohen

#god #guilt #punishing #yourself

When God requires us to surrender one dream, it’s because He wants to hand us a bigger and better one. ↗

— Mandy Hale

#destiny #dreams #faith #faith-in-god #faith-in-yourself

You need to develop, somehow, a huge amount of faith and confidence in yourself, because there's a lot of rejection throughout an actor's life and you have to believe in yourself more than anyone else. ↗

— Stephen Collins

#amount #anyone #because #believe #believe in yourself

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#america #country #easy #looking #means

When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone. ↗

— Chris Cooper

#best work #bit #doing #feel #flight

And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#books #committee #decisions #deferring #instead

When you first fall in love it's so thrilling, you can't wait to throw yourself away and make this new wonderful twosome. ↗

— Jane Campion

#fall #first #love #make #new

To pick up the paper and read about yourself getting slammed, that doesn't start your day off right. ↗

— Steve Carlton

#day #getting #off #paper #pick