#persona

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

If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and attach to himself a school of political thought, then Mr. Mill, in the best meaning of the words, has succeeded. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#attach #best #course #degree #himself

When I think of the Olympics I only think of good things. I think of what a great event it is and what it has done for me and my career, and changed my personal life, too. ↗

— Roger Federer

#changed #done #event #good #good things

I didn't like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay there, and I felt that my personality and my enthusiasms weren't understood. I had to put a big lid on myself. ↗

— Jane Campion

#considered #england #enthusiasms #felt #friendship

As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed. ↗

— Drew Carey

#anything #as far as #depend #far #financial

There's a lot of different things that we do during life that could personally harm us and I choose not to stop doing those things. ↗

— Laurel Clark

#could #different #different things #doing #during

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

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#difficult #important #know #personal #personal satisfaction

I consider myself a religious person. God is something very personal with me and I don't flaunt religion in conversation with others. ↗

— Richard Chamberlain

#conversation #god #i #me #myself

I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting ritual pretty much obsolete. That's how things sometimes go. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#forces #go #how #i #implications