#w

When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist. ↗

— John McGahern

#become #bring #could #dislike #expression

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ↗

— Chief Seattle

#bound #connect #humankind #life #ourselves

You want to find a place where, because of your skills, you can make an impact. ↗

— John McKinley

#find #impact #make #place #skills

While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#both #disappointment #failure #father #happiness

Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#ask #fool #greatest #man #may

Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. ↗

— Chief Seattle

#himself #life #man #merely #strand

So, technically," Simon said, "even though Jace isn't actually related to you, you have kissed your brother. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#simon-lewis #humor

Life is a journey and it's about growing and changing and coming to terms with who and what you are and loving who and what you are. ↗

— Kelly McGillis

#changing #coming #growing #journey #life

Dr. Cox mentors the rookie doctors with a spoonful of dirt and then a cup of sugar. I see him as an archetypal descendent of two of my favorite curmudgeonly characters: Lou Grant and Louie De Palma. ↗

— John C. McGinley

#characters #cox #cup #dirt #doctors

Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. ↗

— Jim McMahon

#inherently #otherwise #risk #taking #would