#own

I've been knocked down a lot of times. ↗

— James Brown

#down #i #knocked #lot #times

The hardest thing about being James Brown is I have to live. I don't have no down time. ↗

— James Brown

#being #brown #down #hardest #i

I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive. ↗

— Julie Brown

#drive #happens #i #known #lots

We all labor against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#cure #death #diseases #labor #our

Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner. ↗

— Thomas Browne

#charity #enemy #every #every man #executioner

The hedonistic lifestyle is difficult to achieve when you're still carrying your own gear. Trust me that you don't feel glamorous with a 60-pound amp in your arms; it's a lot less sexy than toting a vodka gimlet and impossible to do in heels. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#amp #arms #carrying #difficult #feel

I have experienced healing through other writers' poetry, but there's no way I can sit down to write in the hope a poem will have healing potential. If I do, I'll write a bad poem. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#down #experienced #healing #hope #i

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#another #answer #away #being #does

The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation. ↗

— James Buchan

#doubt #empire #fall #more #much

A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it. ↗

— Art Buchwald

#american #bad #breakdown #everyone #frenchman