#w

I've got a thing for footwear; I have about 200 pairs of shoes from all over the world. ↗

— Sophie Ellis Bextor

#footwear #got #i #over #pairs

The backbone of success is...hard work, determination, good planning, and perserverence. ↗

— Mia Hamm

#hard-work

Do I attribute my success to hard work, or sunscreen? If you want the truth, maybe you should ask my new albino secretary. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#ask #hard-work #secretary #success #sunscreen

This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning what they're going to do next or always worrying about doing something that will go against the image they've created. To me, that's almost like an attack of narcissism. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#against #almost #always #attack #care

Serious thinkers are few, and the world is ruled by crude ideas. ↗

— Carl L. Becker

#politics #the-world #thinkers #political-philosophy

Writing my blog has saved me thousands on therapy. ↗

— Phil Cooke

#self-expression #writing #mental-health

If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#writer-quotes #writing #writers-quotes

It is good that a man's enemies want him dead, for it proves he has lived a life of worth. ↗

— Forrest Carter

#enemies #josey-wales #life #noremorse #death

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#apart #because #closed #curtains #draw

I was born amazing. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-lightwood #city-of-fallen-angels