#persona

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#being #characters #every #give #him

I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property. ↗

— Norman O. Brown

#i #i am #mine #original #personal

'Blues Clues' has been incredibly good to me, and I've been working so hard on it for so long that I take it very personally. I wouldn't want to do anything to jeopardize what so many kids love. So there's a lot of responsibility there. ↗

— Steve Burns

#been #blues #clues #good #hard

The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over? ↗

— David Byrne

#assumption #before #chaos #create #how

The 9-9-9 plan would resuscitate this economy because it replaces the outdated tax code that allows politicians to pick winners and losers, and to provide favors in the form of tax breaks, special exemptions and loopholes. It simplifies the code dramatically: 9% business flat tax, 9% personal flat tax, 9% sales tax. ↗

— Herman Cain

#because #breaks #business #code #dramatically

Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#after #am #catholic #death #doubts

As I became very defined in my personal politics, I turned down some films that I slightly regret now; I'm not going to say what they were. ↗

— Julie Christie

#defined #down #films #going #i

I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress. ↗

— Kim Cattrall

#been #character #character actress #i #never

Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say 'their life' I mean not their professional life either. They could talk about their personal life. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#around #celebrity #could #either #find

We are given to the cult of personality; when things go badly we look to some messiah to save us. If by chance we think we have found one, it will not be long before we destroy him. ↗

— Constantine Karamanlis

#before #chance #cult #destroy #found