#themselves

Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them. ↗

— Agatha Christie

#habits #had #knew #never #people

It is to be regretted that few persons who have arrived at any degree of eminence or fame, have written Memorials of themselves, at least such as have embraced their private as well as their public life. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#arrived #degree #embraced #eminence #fame

I'm a citizen of the world. I like it that way. The world's a wonderful. I just think that some people are pretty badly represented. But when you speak to the people themselves they're delightful. They all want so little. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#citizen #delightful #i #just #like

Before there was any talk of a movie, people would sometimes ask me what actors I would imagine playing these characters. And the only thing I could ever say is: I have such a clear idea of these characters that they'd have to play themselves. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#ask #before #characters #clear #clear idea

Some people are more fluid than others at just being themselves and recognizing what's good about themselves. ↗

— Jon Brion

#being #fluid #good #just #more

People are so opinionated about things, and they don't even know what they're talking about, or can't even do it themselves. ↗

— Ryan Cabrera

#even #know #opinionated #people #talking

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#hard #hard work #how #less #much

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#fashion #great #great things #silence #themselves

The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fog. ↗

— Alexis Carrel

#dangerous #fog #laboratories #lecture #libraries

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?' ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#know #people #question #tell #themselves