#ted

People think I must have been so talented at an early age, but I don't know - was it talent or hard work? Who knows? ↗

— Monica Seles

#been #early #early age #hard #hard work

I could only try to comfort the women that I came face-to-face with. I was really moved by how much they wanted to talk, how much they needed to be comforted, and how happy they were that we were there. ↗

— Connie Sellecca

#comfort #comforted #could #face-to-face #happy

I've never reacted well to other people telling me what to do. ↗

— Tom Selleck

#me #never #other #people #reacted

While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fields far exceeds their intersection. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#both #economics #exceeds #far #fields

From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#causation #i #prevention #started #work

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#could #happy #i #parents #straight

All I wanted was to be straight so my parents could be happy. They never, never, never knew. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#could #happy #i #knew #never

Girls are infinitely more complicated than boys and women more than men. And there's no doubt about that. We just don't like to think about it. Certainly the men don't like to think about it. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#certainly #complicated #doubt #infinitely #just

I remember how much - when I was a small boy I was taken to see a version of 'Peter Pan.' I detested it. I mean, the sentimental idea that anybody would want to remain a boy. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#boy #detested #how #i #i remember

I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#artist #i #just #some #wanted