#us

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#black #defend #defense #hard #himself

People see my current success but don't realize I've worked hard to get where I am. I used to clean garbage off the Philadelphia docks and put a lot of time into developing my music. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#clean #current #developing #garbage #get

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual. ↗

— Catherine Drinker Bowen

#arrogance #british #effectual #makes #marvelous

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#care #how #i #judged #maybe

The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#first #importance #must #out #proportion

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#always #cause #life #look #way

Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that we live, if we do. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#feeling #illusions #live #person

Children are like crazy, drunken small people in your house. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#crazy #drunken #house #like #people

I consider a day without running a crappy day. When I don't get to run, I am a grump, but some days my schedule just doesn't allow me to. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#am #consider #crappy #day #days

I read books more than I go out. As a matter of fact, I get a little concerned about some of my anti-social habits. I will choose a night with Somerset Maugham or Russell Banks over a crowded bar any day. ↗

— Julie Bowen

#any #banks #bar #books #choose