#themselves

If people have a basic understanding of right from wrong, possess a strong desire to better themselves and persist in there cause, they can break the chain of any negative environment. ↗

— Dave Pelzer

#basic #basic understanding #better #break #cause

People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#everything #judge #people #relates #see

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves. ↗

— Jack Prelutsky

#combination #drawn #naturally #poetry #rhyme

Yeah, I'm a giver. I've learned to be selective of the people in my world, because if I love someone, I will give them my blood, whatever they need. In doing so, one can end up with little left for themselves. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#blood #doing #end #give #giver

My belief is the majority of people in politics are just interested in pursuing this career in politics, and doing what's necessary to get themselves re-elected. And if that happens to coincide with the public good, great. But if it doesn't, the public good loses out. ↗

— Dick Murphy

#career #coincide #doing #get #good

I came out of the old Second City in Chicago. Chicago actors are more hard-nosed. They're tough on themselves and their fellow actors. They're self-demanding. ↗

— Bill Murray

#chicago #city #fellow #i #i came

I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#hold #i #men #open #the doors

Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#ballads #country #even #feeling #listen

Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed behavior, that they are so united to creative people. ↗

— Andre Norton

#because #behavior #cats #creative #creative people

I'm fascinated by the ways in which people express themselves, because their responses are often counter to what they're actually feeling. Like when they're frightened, they tend to freeze. When they're angry, it doesn't always come out as volume. There are wonderful contradictions in the way that people express their emotions. ↗

— Edward Norton

#always #angry #because #come #contradictions