#person

In the past I have declined to comment on my own work: because, it seems to me, a poem is what it is; because a poem is itself a definition, and to try to redefine it is to be apt to falsify it; and because the author is the person least able to consider his work objectively. ↗

— James Schuyler

#apt #author #because #comment #consider

It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be. ↗

— Morrie Schwartz

#late #person #really #want #who

I've always known I was gifted, which is not the easiest thing in the world for a person to know, because you're not responsible for your gift, only for what you do with it. ↗

— Hazel Scott

#because #easiest #easiest thing #gift #gifted

I think that something is fundamentally wrong if a person of his great wealth is only paying 13.9 percent effective tax rate and most of Americans are paying 28, 30 percent and they make far less. ↗

— Terri Sewell

#far #far less #fundamentally #great #his

One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time. ↗

— Idries Shah

#beliefs #believe #come #illustrative #in the past

The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing. ↗

— Omar Sharif

#arab #because #ever #i #like

I can't believe that person on the television is really me. ↗

— Keith Moon

#i #me #person #really #television

I am a fighter. I believe in that which is right, and the truth is, I have been the Lone Ranger for the past thirty years and I will not give up the fight. I love my public and I'll fight for you. I'll continue to make personal appearances for my thousands of fans. ↗

— Clayton Moore

#appearances #been #believe #continue #fans

I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think. ↗

— Robert Morgan

#comes #i #i think #impersonate #kind

People with insufficient personalities are fond of cats. These people adore being ignored. ↗

— Henry Morgan

#being #being ignored #cats #fond #ignored