#sf

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ↗

— Washington Irving

#above #great minds #little #little minds #minds

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes. ↗

— Washington Irving

#blaming #down #easiest #easiest thing #fail

But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense. ↗

— Charles Ives

#better #curious #definiteness #extravagant #hope

And I think that, of course, there is some dysfunction of needing to be liked or noticed or to feel part of things, something going on there for most actors. For some there's not and I think they really struggle with it. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#dysfunction #feel #going #i #i think

I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that. 'The Prestige' with Chris Nolan, and 'Australia.' From my perspective it's very satisfying. Some movies people see and other movies they don't. 'Wolverine,' 'X Men,' I know that in some level people know me just for that and it's fine for me. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#chris #done #fine #fountain #hadn

There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can't go through life obsessing about what might have been. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#been #blaming #certain #certain point #comes

Maybe if I could ever be a successful comedian then I could be an example that Christians can also have fun. ↗

— Victoria Jackson

#christians #comedian #could #ever #example

I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our youth, to our childhood. We have to be because we're in the business of transferring emotions to other people. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#because #business #childhood #cradle #emotions

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ↗

— William James

#any #consequences #first #first step #happened

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. ↗

— William James

#accomplished #accordingly #act #amazed #attitude