#posed

A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story. ↗

— Eyvind Johnson

#experiences #exposed #groundwork #life #often

This country would be a better place to live in if all the resources we currently put toward criminalizing marijuana were instead spent by law enforcement on protection from real crime, as opposed to victimless crime. ↗

— Gary Johnson

#better place #country #crime #currently #enforcement

I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy. ↗

— Angelina Jolie

#because #flaws #happy #i #i can

Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy. ↗

— Grace Jones

#fantasy #illusion #like #look #models

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law. ↗

— June Jordan

#brother #brother and sister #choke #down #habits

I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy's Booger, got me in trouble with the principal's office. ↗

— William Joyce

#away #billy #bit #booger #book

There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle... is to have a Lebanese president that we elect. ↗

— Walid Jumblatt

#elect #imposed #lebanese #our #president

But I find the best things I do, I do when I'm trying to avoid doing something else I'm supposed to be doing. You know, you're working on something. You get bugged, or you lose your enthusiasm or something. So you turn to something else with an absolute vengeance. ↗

— Norton Juster

#avoid #best #bugged #doing #else

I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, 'I'm going to buy art to impress this crowd.' That's just ridiculous to me. I don't live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself? ↗

— Jay-Z

#be happy #because #been #buy #collect

In 2001-2002, I told the president that the election was supposed to take place when the war was over, at a time when we could return to peaceful life. We agreed upon that. However, I can see now that the election cannot be delayed any longer. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#any #cannot #could #delayed #election