#short periods

Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It's very easy when you're a young actor to have these intense, explosive friendships for short periods of time, because you can control what's shown of you. Then you go on to your next job and reinvent yourself again. I think it's important to find something constant. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#again #because #constant #control #easy

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#book #deeply #insulting #ones #painful

I like the desert for short periods of time, from inside a car, with the windows rolled up, and the doors locked. I prefer beach resorts with room service. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#car #desert #doors #i #inside

Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life. ↗

— Donna Shalala

#care #different #government #help #life

I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life there, although I was evacuated a couple of times for short periods. My schooling was very interrupted, both by frequent moves and by ill health. ↗

— Anne Perry

#before #born #both #couple #england

I think it's healthy for couples to be away from each other for short periods. ↗

— Liv Tyler

#couples #each #healthy #i #i think

Each organism, no matter how simple or complex, has around it a sacred bubble of space, a bit of mobile territoriality which only a few other organisms are allowed to penetrate and then only for short periods of time. ↗

— Edward Hall

#around #bit #bubble #complex #each