#selves

Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing. ↗

— John Webster

#fashioned #heaven #nothing #ourselves #strive

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves. ↗

— Simone Weil

#because #best #ends #great #lives

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful. ↗

— Simone Weil

#bits #bow #consciousness #even #heads

Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title. ↗

— Len Wein

#could #good #how #look #make

I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#choice #drawing #i #i think #living

The townspeople outside the reservations had a very superior attitude toward Indians, which was kind of funny, because they weren't very wealthy; they were on the fringes of society themselves. ↗

— James Welch

#because #fringes #funny #had #indians

I know a lot of actors don't watch themselves on TV, but I think it's good to see how else you can improve. ↗

— Michael Welch

#good #how #i #i think #improve

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world. ↗

— Fay Weldon

#desire #feel #getting #outside #people

Black people can be the most conservative, the most discriminating. Especially among ourselves. It wasn't white people who said all black men have to wear baggy jeans. ↗

— Kanye West

#baggy #black #conservative #discriminating #especially

A conventional playwright tries to tell you more about the characters than they know about themselves. ↗

— Timothy West

#characters #conventional #know #more #playwright