#wise

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#because #creates #difficulty #effort #i

It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn't look authentic. So I really want to defeat Jimmy - I mean Jimmy as the character. ↗

— Alan Alda

#authentic #character #defeat #fun #i

As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn't ring true. ↗

— Alan Alda

#actor #artist #otherwise #personal #ring

I just don't want to end up on something that bores the hell out of me. Otherwise, I'll fake a knee injury and get out of there. ↗

— Sasha Alexander

#end #fake #get #hell #i

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. ↗

— Matsuo Basho

#footsteps #seek #sought #wise

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#most #opportunity #otherwise #plain #scarcity

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul. ↗

— Minna Antrim

#beautiful woman #delights #eye #pure #soul

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. ↗

— Aristotle

#certain #conditions #crises #danger #does

It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them. ↗

— Paddy Ashdown

#cannot #change #come #committed #crimes