#persona

My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible. ↗

— Robert Smith

#business #enjoyment #horrible #i #idea

Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit. ↗

— Martha Reeves

#general #lead #majority #only #out

Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an extension, if you will, of the merchant who cries aloud his wares. ↗

— Rosser Reeves

#advertising #aloud #cries #economics #extension

I mean, I think I liked every band I ever played in because each band was different, each band had a different concept, and each band leader was different... different personalities and musical tastes. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#band leader #because #concept #different #different personalities

I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I'm doing so I'll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject's personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#better #doing #expression #figure #get

Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear states - all military conflicts, as well as threats to peace, can be dealt with using conventional weapons. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#conflicts #conventional #dealt #disputes #except

Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those that were or are prisoners just because they expressed their views, their public opinion, their own opinions. ↗

— Dilma Rousseff

#commitment #due #experienced #expressed #fact

Money doesn't matter on a deeply personal level. It doesn't make you feel any happier. But of course I am very aware that I don't have to worry about earning a living or about those very important practical things that most people have to worry about on a very real level. ↗

— Winona Ryder

#am #any #aware #course #deeply

My personality resembles my designs to a large extent. I'm in sync with myself and I'm transparent, just like my designs. ↗

— Elie Saab

#extent #i #just #large #large extent

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#after #chance #continue #death #delighted