#y

I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything. ↗

— Trent Reznor

#had #i #never #realized #really

I grew up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, but I didn't really know I was a deprived, poverty-stricken child until the media made me aware of it. ↗

— Ving Rhames

#child #deprived #grew #i #know

...The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion; if you want to live in the paradise where happy mares and stallion live, open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#beauty

The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the colour perfectly harmonised; it is true to life. On the other hand, the intellectual attainments of the mere man of learning are like a large palette, full of all sorts of colours, which at most are systematically arranged, but devoid of harmony, connection and meaning. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#philosophy #life

My approach to the work is the same, whether I had the lead or a supporting role. I consider myself a character actor in the true sense of the word. Unless I'm doing my autobiography, I'm playing a character. ↗

— Ving Rhames

#approach #autobiography #character #character actor #consider

The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational #inspirational-attitude #inspirational-quotes #life-and-living #society

You don't have to make, you know, $3 Million dollars a movie, or $20 Million dollars a movie, but if you make a living doing what you love doing, then that's success to me. ↗

— Ving Rhames

#dollars #know #living #love #make

I was just the youngest in the family, and most in desperate need of attention. ↗

— Caroline Rhea

#desperate #family #i #just #most

I really only respect the Arab culture. I ain't really trying to pay no attention to, ya know, these little people in political positions and executive positions that ain't Arab culture oriented people because a lot of the times, what are you really showing all of this concern for? ↗

— Busta Rhymes

#attention #because #concern #culture #executive

I have found out one thing and that is, if you have an idea, and it is a good idea, if you only stick to it you will come out all right. ↗

— Cecil Rhodes

#found #good #good idea #i #idea