#selves

That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#actor #believe #believes #biggest #make

As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have never shown any need for notation. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#children #express #gypsy #her #how

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other. ↗

— George MacDonald

#friends #honest #other #ourselves #shall

Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders). ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#additional #bipartisan #deeply #gain #incumbents

Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship. ↗

— Eric Massa

#bonds #buddies #conscious #conscious decision #decision

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius. ↗

— Guy de Maupassant

#difficult #dilemmas #extricate #genius #liars

Some people are still not into us. That makes sense. We haven't really done a lot of press. We haven't put ourselves out there in ways that a lot of people would know we are still around. Unless you tour or record, they don't know you are around. ↗

— Mike McCready

#done #haven #into #know #lot

There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#doing good #good #gratification #makes #ourselves

I'm looking for the truth. The audience doesn't come to see you, they come to see themselves. ↗

— Julianne Moore

#come #i #looking #see #themselves

Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#asked #between #campaign #candidates #choice