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The only thing you think of is that you are in the middle and that you've got to find a way to stop it. ↗

— Ivan Allen

#got #middle #only #stop #the only thing

Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him. ↗

— James Allen

#alters #find #him #his #life

Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence. ↗

— James Allen

#gentle #nothing #presence #softened #spell

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth. ↗

— James Allen

#cannot #endure #errors #hide #highway

The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it. ↗

— James Allen

#intense #man #meditation #more #nature

As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed. ↗

— James Allen

#choicest #dark #developed #flowers #grown

I was a very good girl for a long time, that's what really drew me to acting. The stage was the perfect place to be outrageous, to be sad, to be angry, to be all these different things. ↗

— Joan Allen

#angry #different #different things #drew #girl

Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might not be thinking about. That's what is kind of cool, or one of the cool things about this profession. ↗

— Joan Allen

#almost #any #area #aware #cool

I just try and do the best with every role I get to do. Hopefully the experience in itself is a good experience and people will want to work with me. ↗

— Joan Allen

#every #experience #get #good #hopefully

I think I knew acting was what I wanted to do. But I was from this small town and there was no place for an adult to recognise it. ↗

— Joan Allen

#adult #i #i think #knew #place