#persona

The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#being #better #chance #creature #exertions

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#brought #cannot #full #home #many

How to duplicate yourself: hang out with the same people and say the same things all the time. The you of today is a clone of the you from yesterday. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #personal-growth #funny

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#any #celebrated #celebrity #center #does

People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#nobody #people #personal #say #sing

It makes it very exciting don't you think to live in an age of, of discovery of human personality this way? ↗

— John Money

#discovery #exciting #his way #human #human personality

The process of composition, messing around with paragraphs and trying to make really good prose, is hardwired into my personality. ↗

— Rick Moody

#composition #good #good prose #into #make

I have not been on any river that has more of a distinctive personality than does the Missouri River. It's a river that immediately presents to the traveler, 'I am a grandfather spirit. I have a source; I have a life.' ↗

— William Least Heat-Moon

#any #been #distinctive #does #grandfather

Violence against women is as American as apple pie. I know, not only as a legislator, but from personal experience. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#american #apple #apple pie #experience #i

I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime. ↗

— Mandy Moore

#am #anymore #going #i #i am