#thin

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#any #born #conspiracy #cultivation #feels

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#beings #beneath #better #hope #human

If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real they're real for you whether they're real or not. ↗

— James Baldwin

#being #being real #certain #certain things #certain way

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#anything #done #else #everything #falls

In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#glorification #in the end #makes #nothing #other

Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

#chalk #cliffs #day #defense #dover

I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for. ↗

— Christian Bale

#i #i think #look #making #mostly

I've never really been the type of person who worries much about what people think of me. ↗

— Stephen Baldwin

#been #i #me #much #never

I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical. ↗

— Christian Bale

#came #cape #covering #damn #damn thing

I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do. ↗

— Christian Bale

#i #i think #sexy #thing #think