#themselves

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves. ↗

— Cliff Fadiman

#great #great ones #kinds #ones #only

Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire. ↗

— George Edward Woodberry

#because #boss #corollary #first #flat

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. ↗

— George Will

#conservatives #define #oppose #terms #themselves

Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature of American public life, and celebrities themselves were going to be worshiped as minor deities were in the ancient world. The idea was: if you could get them, think how many people would follow. ↗

— Lawrence Wright

#american public #ancient #celebrities #celebrity #church

I don't know what 15-year-old doesn't have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence. ↗

— Michelle Williams

#i #independence #know #parents #prove

These players are prima donnas. They need to educate themselves so they don't make such stupid remarks. ↗

— Richard Williams

#educate #make #need #players #prima

Children tease each other because you're short or you're tall or you're a redhead or because you're ugly or because you're smart or because you're dumb or all kinds of differences and as parents we have to deal with that and strengthen our children to be comfortable with themselves and also to show empathy and acceptance towards others. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#also #because #children #comfortable #deal

I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#deceive #get #i #i think #older

The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#century #enlightenment #major #philosophers #secular

I'm happy with the way everyone presents themselves onstage. ↗

— Daisy Berkowitz

#happy #i #onstage #presents #themselves