#w

Then it was that Jo, living in the darkened room, with that suffering little sister always before her eyes and that pathetic voice sounding in her ears, learned to see the beauty and the sweetness of Beth's nature, to feel how deep and tender a place she filled in all hearts, and to acknowledge the worth of Beth's unselfish ambition to live for others, and make home happy by that exercise of those simple virtues which all may possess, and which all should love and value more than talent, wealth, or beauty. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#talent #values #virtue #wealth #beauty

After these three novels I gave up writing novels for a time; I was dissatisfied with romantic doom, yet didn't see much way around it. ↗

— Nicholas Mosley

#around #dissatisfied #doom #gave #i

All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#civilization #cradle #eastern #exceptions #few

There are two powers in this world which cannot be matched. Beauty and Youth. Buy the beauty and imprison the youth. Give the best models, actress, and girls from town and nail them. I do not care how much it costs. ↗

— Ravindra Shukla

#buy #inspirational #power #world #youth

As an actor, you really want to respect and honor the script. You want to try to be in the moment and you also realize that you're one part of a bigger picture and when they call action, you have your dance. ↗

— Carrie-Anne Moss

#actor #also #bigger #bigger picture #call

I was 30 when I did 'The Matrix.' When you turn 30, your life and your world view change. I remember feeling relieved - it was like I was seeing things in a deeper way. ↗

— Carrie-Anne Moss

#deeper #did #feeling #i #i remember

The partnership over the 28 years we had the company afforded him the opportunity to experiment and live his life as an artist and a label honcho and do what he wanted to do. It afforded me the same opportunity. ↗

— Jerry Moss

#artist #company #experiment #had #him

I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself. ↗

— Ike Turner

#because #confidence #enjoy #fighting #get

If you have a beautiful view, you don’t need a good wine to feel dizzy. ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#beauty

It is not Christianity, but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her. ↗

— Lucretia Mott

#find #her #priestcraft #subjected #woman