#real

People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that important, but I know that when I finish reading a novel or something, I want to know how much of that really happened to this author. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#finish #happened #how #i #important

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#eventually #fighting #got #grew #had

It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out. ↗

— Beck

#came #commit #creating #hard #i

Oprah is wildly successful, and she's a brilliant businesswoman. She's also somebody who's overcome a ton of demons in her own life, and that's really what shaped her. I think the same could be said for me. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#brilliant #businesswoman #could #demons #her

I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way. ↗

— Martha Beck

#crisis #deep #extraordinary #i #life

I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in my life. ↗

— Martha Beck

#been #benefited #chinese #early #exposed

Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues. ↗

— Martha Beck

#clients #issues #look #looks #most

Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you. ↗

— Martha Beck

#art #connect #every #every time #form

I don't really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I'm not going to start now. ↗

— Boris Becker

#care #did #first #going #him

You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself that you remember them. Way less mental energy is spent swimming around in lyrics you've already written and chords you've already played. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#around #chords #convincing #energy #forget