#sam

I wrote stories from the time I was a little girl, but I didn't want to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress. I didn't realize then that it's the same impulse. It's make-believe. It's performance. ↗

— Joan Didion

#girl #i #impulse #little #little girl

Right now, I'm worth a million dollars, and I owe Uncle Sam a million-and-a-half dollars, and I made a deal with him. I said, 'Uncle Sam, I'm going to pay you 25 grand a month.' ↗

— Robert Blake

#dollars #going #grand #him #i

The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#motives #other #people #recognizing #same

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. ↗

— William Blake

#man #same #sees #tree #wise

You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#cup #england #ethiopia #exceptional #just

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride! ↗

— William Blake

#church #cruelty #demonstrations #dividing #exist

That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians. ↗

— William Blake

#assumed #benefits #christians #exclusively #god

Some people are willing to pay the price and it's the same with staying healthy or eating healthy. There's some discipline involved. There's some sacrifices. ↗

— Mike Ditka

#discipline #eating #healthy #involved #pay

Shakespeare and his work will always be relevant. He wrote those pieces hundreds of years ago and we haven't really changed as humans, have we? We have to deal with love, honour and adultery now - people were the same then, too - that's what's so wonderful and powerful. ↗

— Michelle Dockery

#ago #always #changed #deal #haven

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#author #because #book #bringing #each