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Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public, or what pretty girl wanted it to be thus or thus; but to write solely as I myself thought best, and as it gave me pleasure. ↗

— Felix Mendelssohn

#began #best #compose #ever #gave

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#draws #faults #our #own #self-love

Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the most telling proof of my substantiality outside God, of my original existence. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#complete #consciousness #does #everything #existence

I've never had a problem with nudity, but I don't put it out there without a reason. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#i #never #nudity #out #problem

I'm a modern woman in the sense of I take care of myself, I'm fiercely independent, and I'm really ambitious. Yet I have these old-school thoughts in my mind. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#care #fiercely #i #independent #mind

I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#best #both #english #i #really

I've been with the same person for a very long time but I'm just non-conventional in that way. I don't think people need to be married. I think a lot of people need that piece of paper, but I don't think everybody needs that to feel secure. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#body needs #everybody #feel #i #i think

Personally, I think wearing a baby chinchilla says, 'I'm ignorant.' ↗

— Eva Mendes

#i #i think #ignorant #personally #says

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#about #believe #enough #must #talk

I still can't quite believe it. Although there was something about the fact that it was a first-time writer, a first-time producer, and a first-time director all at the same time. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#although #believe #director #fact #first-time