#tract

It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

#aspiring #beyond #content #contraction #going

Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#conversation #courage #go #go for it #just

My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children they're beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends. ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#beautiful #believe #children #dad #had

I have a tendency to hire people who tend to be unattractive to the studios. Maybe this is a bad idea. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#bad idea #hire #i #idea #maybe

The scene then as now was centered in New York. For the most part, I've kept a bit apart from that attractive and seductive city. I've done it by living in the country within commuting distance. ↗

— Kenneth Noland

#attractive #bit #centered #city #commuting

I don't know where to find a good guy. I just think that they're around and I think you have to be good and at some point you'll attract that. I really believe that. First, people should stop looking. The looking thing does not work. Just let love find you. ↗

— Brandy Norwood

#attract #believe #does #find #first

By my third year of Law and Order, I was climbing the walls. But you don't leave a hit show, especially when you have a five-year contract. ↗

— Chris Noth

#contract #especially #five-year #hit #i

Fame came quickly. I was only 19 when I secured my initial recording contract and my first two hit records - 'Are 'Friends' Electric?' and 'Cars' - were number ones. ↗

— Gary Numan

#cars #contract #electric #fame #first

Early on, they were timing my contract with an egg timer. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#early #egg #timer #timing #were

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.' ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#army #asked #bidding #cheney #competitive