#some

The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether there is anybody with a receiver isn't the reason he does it. He hopes there is somebody receiving it. ↗

— Peter Davison

#audience #between #broadcasting #does #hearing

I love coloring books. I keep some by my bed. ↗

— Karen Black

#books #coloring #i #i love #keep

So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#actually #bad #because #comfortable #day

Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#eyes #others #see #sometimes #through

Designing is my hobby. If I didn't do what I do for a living - at some point when I don't do this for a living - I'll probably just do design work. I love finding really special pieces of furniture. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#designing #finding #furniture #hobby #i

I was raised in an atmosphere of 'everything's fine.' But as I got older, I was like, 'Well no, everything's not fine. There is stuff that's sad.' I am a really sensitive person. I think I am too sensitive sometimes. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#atmosphere #everything #fine #got #i

In a way, we women take on more than we need to sometimes. ↗

— Shania Twain

#need #sometimes #take #than #way

I think looking back to my own childhood, the fact that so many of the stories I read allowed the possibility of frogs turning into princes, whether that has a sort of insidious affect on rationality, I'm not sure. Perhaps it's something for research. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#allowed #back #childhood #fact #frogs

The dumber half of the audience - whether they're male or female, and a lot of them are male - for some reason responds very quickly to the feminine voice. How can I put it? They kind of instantly react to the female voice in a positive way quicker than they would the male voice. ↗

— Frank Black

#dumber #female #feminine #half #how

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self. ↗

— Hugo Black

#condition #first #full #happiness #lasting