#yours

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#avoid #being #close #count #nothing

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#ever #find #i #know #like

There's something really wonderful about a party where you help yourself. Of course, first you get what you really want. But 'family style' service also really encourages people to connect with one another. ↗

— Ina Garten

#also #another #connect #course #encourages

If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. ↗

— Marvin Gaye

#cannot #else #find #never #peace

You are the master of your environment. You've got your own head, your own mind. So once you figure out what you want for yourself, you have to create the proper environment to make sure you can live out all the things you want. ↗

— Tyrese Gibson

#environment #figure #got #head #live

When you're in shape, you don't have to walk up to somebody and say, 'Yo, I love myself.' You look like you care for yourself. ↗

— Tyrese Gibson

#i #i love #like #look #love

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. ↗

— Andre Gide

#exists #faithful #which #within #yourself

Acting is half shame, half glory. Shame at exhibiting yourself, glory when you can forget yourself. ↗

— John Gielgud

#exhibiting #forget #glory #half #shame

The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up. ↗

— Leo Kottke

#boy #death #element #feel #interest

There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought. ↗

— Mark Goddard

#been #cameo #certain #certain way #chain