#us

Awards are not the only markers of success; I don't judge myself just based on them. I believe that each cinema-goer has his own mental trophies. ↗

— Fan Binbing

#based #believe #each #his #i

Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#grown-up #i #liking #parents #peaceful

Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#hero #just #look #own #story

I never wanted to write. I just wrote letters home from a kibbutz in Israel to reassure my parents that I was still alive and well fed and having a great time. They thought these letters were brilliant and sent them to a newspaper. So I became a writer by accident. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#alive #became #brilliant #fed #great

I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#buy #great #i #i am #i do

Sure, being a reservist wasn't as glamorous, but I was the one who had to look at myself in the mirror. ↗

— Larry David

#glamorous #had #i #look #mirror

I am perfectly happy to believe that nobody likes us but the public. ↗

— Rudolf Bing

#believe #happy #i #i am #likes

Well, I always think the worst things are going to happen here, because I'm - basically inside, I'm a bad person, and so the bad kind of takes over. ↗

— Larry David

#bad #basically #because #going #happen

What childishness is it that while there's breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around? ↗

— Elizabeth Bishop

#bodies #breath #determined #life #other

When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these altercations all the time. Being in public, dealing with shopkeepers, just trying to cross the street - things like that. ↗

— Larry David

#cross #dealing #get #i #into