#stood

When I grew older and awkward, when my parents divorced and life had gone all to hell, Demetrie stood me at the wardrobe mirror and told me over and over, 'You are beautiful. You are smart. You are important.' It was an incredible gift to give a child who thinks nothing of herself. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

#beautiful #child #divorced #gift #give

I used to do a lot of interviews in the early '80s, when my career started, but it came to a point when I decided I didn't want to talk anymore, and people kind of understood that and left me alone. ↗

— George Strait

#anymore #came #career #decided #early

When I was young I had a moment of believing in the Communist doctrine. I wanted to save the world through Communism. Quite soon I understood that it doesn't work, but I've never pretended it didn't happen to me. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#communism #communist #doctrine #had #happen

Walt understood all of those things, and even common things about people. For instance: Usually you get your idea of what kind of day it is by looking at the horizon, because the horizon is your eye level. So what Walt did is to eliminate the horizon. ↗

— John Hench

#because #common #common things #day #did

I cannot be understood in three minutes. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#i #minutes #three #understood

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#believe #bruised #come #even #having

These days I travel so much it's hard to get into a routine. When I'm on the road, I tend to use hotel gyms. When I'm home in L.A., I like to hike and hit the surf. All in all, I try to keep a balanced diet and exercise routine, which has stood me in good stead to date. ↗

— Curtis Stone

#balanced diet #date #days #diet #exercise

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#understood #write #you

Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me. ↗

— Lennart Meri

#happening #i #me #really #soviet

My music is best understood by children and animals. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#children #music #understood