#some

I'm happiest when I have something to focus my energy on. ↗

— Scarlett Johansson

#focus #happiest #i #something

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star. ↗

— Elton John

#great #great thing #like #me #rock

If I can't negotiate something that gets more than four Republicans, I'm not a very good representative of my party. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#gets #good #i #more #negotiate

When you grow up on film, people sometimes have difficulties accepting the fact that you are growing up. They always imagine you younger. ↗

— Michelle Trachtenberg

#always #difficulties #fact #film #grow

I went to a mixed school and I can't remember being bullied at school, ever. I was quite large, in those days. Usually, if you're going to be a bully, you'll pick on someone who is small. I didn't bully anybody, and I don't remember being bullied. ↗

— Elton John

#being #bullied #bully #days #ever

Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure. ↗

— Lara St. John

#although #am #amazing #believe #child

I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of a mix in that it has a young voice, but it's also someone who's looking back. I like that kind of double vision. ↗

— Denis Johnson

#back #double #first #i #kind

If you take a lie and allow your desire for the truth, you'll end up with some truth - not fact, but something that gets you closer to the truth. That's what we want. When we go to a play, we need to be assured that the experience we're having. ↗

— Denis Johnson

#assured #closer #desire #end #experience

I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically. ↗

— Don Johnson

#artistically #consider #could #express #gifts

And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you think you're no good, you're not going to get anywhere. ↗

— Diana Wynne Jones

#achieve #anywhere #expectations #genius #get