#selves

If you go out to Hollywood you'll find a lot of fantastic plastic people there in the business and a lot of people in life generally. They find it so hard to be themselves that they have to be plastic. ↗

— Jimmy Cliff

#fantastic #find #generally #go #hard

We feel unsatisfied until we know ourselves akin even with that greatness which made the spots on which it rested hallowed; and until, by our own lives, and by converse with the thoughts they have bequeathed us, we feel that union and relationship of the spirit which we seek. ↗

— Jones Very

#bequeathed #converse #even #feel #greatness

When we do a movie with the studios, they wouldn't be asking us to do it, I don't think, if it was a movie they wanted to get into themselves. What you see is what you get with us, so they let us do what we want to do. ↗

— Joel Coen

#get #i #into #let us #movie

In Genesis we saw ourselves as song-writers. After Peter Gabriel left I was the first to say: 'It's OK - we can just do instrumentals.' ↗

— Phil Collins

#first #gabriel #genesis #i #instrumentals

A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose. ↗

— Carlo Collodi

#nose #pinocchio #settled #themselves #thousand

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

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

It is not government's job to mandate responsibility on our behalf. We have the intelligence and good sense to make wise consumption choices for ourselves and our children. It is up to us to do what is best for our health and our children's health. ↗

— Michael Crapo

#best #children #choices #consumption #good

Nothing seems to matter but ourselves. That's not how I was brought up. I don't recognize the country I live in anymore. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#brought #country #how #i #live