#selves

You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish. ↗

— Ralph Steadman

#because #destroying #force #know #making

Unless you're living on the street and surviving on a diet of discarded turkey drumsticks, there's no point in being gloomy. We've spent too long trying to cheer ourselves up by spending money on brightly coloured things we don't really need. We've stopped using our imaginations. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#brightly #cheer #coloured #diet #discarded

There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else. ↗

— Toni Collette

#becoming #being #challenge #else #fantastically

People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves. ↗

— Robert Collier

#blame #environment #only #people #person

When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned to misery, and clear thinking can begin. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#begin #ceased #clear #condemned #either

This whole thing's about development. Not only are we trying to develop players, we're trying to develop ourselves. ↗

— Michael Cooper

#develop #development #only #ourselves #players

You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby. ↗

— Michael Steele

#bad people #citizens #control #country #doing

Musicians are probably the most uncomfortable people in themselves in the world. Happiness, I think, only exists when you're a child and once you go past 11, unfortunately it's gone. ↗

— Andrea Corr

#exists #go #gone #happiness #i

The financial report makes it very clear that if we got into honest budgeting today, that in fact we would find ourselves with a much larger deficit than we have today. ↗

— Jim Costa

#clear #deficit #fact #financial #find

A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#advantage #allow #change #embrace #enjoy