#selves

Liberals worry that what's best for the individual might not be better for the public at large. But that philosophy assumes something vicious about each and every one of us. It assumes we only care about ourselves. ↗

— Allen West

#assumes #best #better #care #each

For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better. ↗

— Ann Bancroft

#better #excel #get #greatest #i

Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#get #liberate #more #themselves #try

I have to live with both my selves as best I may. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#both #i #live #may #selves

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. ↗

— Mark Twain

#concealing #consists #good #good breeding #how

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. ↗

— Ethel Barrymore

#difficulties #discouragements #doubts #failures #false

I like guys who are confident but not cocky, who are comfortable with themselves, and who know what they want. ↗

— Mischa Barton

#comfortable #confident #guys #i #know

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves. ↗

— Brendan Behan

#day #done #every #every day #harem

We call ourselves a free nation, and yet we let ourselves be told what cabs we can and can't take by a man at a hotel door, simply because he has a drum major's uniform on. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#call #door #drum #free #hotel

In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote my energies to encouraging people to find their true selves. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#around #baggage #being #could #devote