#trapped

We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail. ↗

— Greil Marcus

#make #new #old #oldest #stories

If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image of yourself you're giving to the world, you're on a dangerous path. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

#get #giving #idea #image #important

I was almost kind of trapped by my own success into only doing rock. ↗

— Rick Derringer

#doing #i #into #kind #my own

The gay community just recognizes what their closets are and we straight have to spend years trying to figure out which closet we are trapped in. ↗

— Judith Light

#closets #community #figure #gay #gay community

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#dogma #drown #else #follow #follow your heart

But America was founded on the principle that every person has God-given rights. That power belongs to the people. That government exists to protect our rights and serve our interests.That we shouldn't be trapped in the circumstances of our birth. That we should be free to go as far as our talents and work can take us. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#as far as #belongs #birth #circumstances #every

I prefer the old theaters because the audience is... trapped. ↗

— Jerry Seinfeld

#because #i #old #prefer #theaters

Those who speak of progression but are afraid of change are self-repressed and therefore unable to reach any further than their eyes can already see. ↗

— Criss Jami

#afraid #change #cognition #experimentation #eyes

People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#people #them #trapped

I don't know what I am thinking. But I am alone. I am trapped in the net of the room. In the net of humans. I think maybe I am drowning in the net of humans. ↗

— Karen Hesse

#sad #trapped #music