#son

There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city's going to come back. ↗

— Mitch Landrieu

#back #broken #cannot #city #come

I came out of the Soviet Union no longer a communist, because I believed in personal freedom. ↗

— Rose Wilder Lane

#believed #came #communist #freedom #i

The throne rumbled. A wave of gale-force anger slammed into me. WHO DARES- The voice stopped abruptly, The anger retreated, which was a good thing, because just those two words had almost blasted my mind to shreds. Percy. My fathers voice was still angry but more controlled. What-exactly-are you doing on my throne? "I'm sorry, Father," I said. "I needed to get your attention." This was a very dangerous thing to do. Even for you. If I hadn't looked before I blasted, you would now be a puddle of seawater. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#poseidon #anger

All I can tell you is that you cannot make choices in your own career, either career choices or choices when you're actually working as an actor, based on trying to downplay or live up to a comparison with somebody else. You just can't do that. You have to do your own work based on your own gut, your own instincts, and your own life. ↗

— Brandon Lee

#actually #based #cannot #career #choices

For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song. ↗

— Geddy Lee

#down #feel #how #i #i feel

The thing of it is though that's the only way people know you, they see you in that roll and they see you in person and they only know the perception of what you are. ↗

— David Selby

#only #people #perception #person #roll

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself. ↗

— Tanith Lee

#aware #even #ever #i #i write

You know, my family is very musical, I was surrounded by it. And from four years old I was the one that asked my mother could I take piano lessons. ↗

— John Legend

#could #family #four #i #know

True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person. ↗

— Willard Libby

#general #ideas #individual #initial #more

Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this. ↗

— Roy Lichtenstein

#being #believe #could #feel #i