#pen

Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy. ↗

— Imelda Staunton

#actor #attitude #because #center #child

He has not yet become an elder statesman, though his foreign policy credentials are considerable, but he is certainly our ancient mariner, forever tugging at our sleeve to let him tell his tale of what really happened. ↗

— Ronald Steel

#become #certainly #considerable #credentials #elder

In order to achieve optimal economic growth, Congress must adhere to sane spending guidelines while promoting smart policies devoted to growing businesses and creating jobs. ↗

— Michael Steele

#adhere #businesses #congress #creating #devoted

And I'm supposed to grab her and kiss her and she's supposed to react. Well, what happened was, Julie was very nervous at that time, given this incredible part which she did beautifully. ↗

— Rod Steiger

#did #given #grab #happened #her

I agree that there are some bad apples on Wall Street. I spent about ten years exposing corporate and financial fraud for 'Barron's' magazine and I found a lot to write about. ↗

— Ben Stein

#agree #apples #bad #corporate #exposing

Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#ideal #interdependence #man #much #ought

It has always seemed strange to me... the things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first they love the produce of the second. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#always #detest #egotism #failure #feeling

Sad things happen. They do. But we don't need to live sad forever. ↗

— Mattie Stepanek

#happen #live #need #sad #sad things

I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week. ↗

— George Stephen

#days #draft #first #five #hours

Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them. ↗

— Greta Garbo

#inside #joys #never #sorrows #tell