#sit

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity. ↗

— James Hillman

#body #circumstances #elected #myth #necessity

I can't read all the books I want to read, I can't watch all the phenomena that interest me in the world. The work calls me, and sometimes I wonder whether this is an obsession and I should drop it, or it's a necessity I'm obliged to fulfill. ↗

— James Hillman

#calls #drop #fulfill #i #i wonder

It's a lot easier, I think, to be an actor in a movie than to spin a joke on a sitcom. ↗

— Nicole Sullivan

#easier #i #i think #joke #lot

In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out. ↗

— Paul von Hindenburg

#battle #certain #certainly #continue #distressing

I can remember feeling very angry, and saying no! I can do it myself! From that point of view it was very emotional for me to get myself to the point to sit in the chair and be "up". ↗

— Gregory Hines

#chair #emotional #feeling #get #i

If you give an actor any wiggle room to whine in situations where they want to whine, you're gonna whine. ↗

— Emile Hirsch

#any #give #gonna #room #situations

I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#careful #composition #element #factor #got

I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#down #i #name #ready #sit

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#done #force #funny #gone #hadn

I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#being #i #often #opposite #true