#yourself

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#always #done #feel #fool #friend

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

#indulge #merely #sea #standing #staring

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person. ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#alone #being #own #person #sondheim

I think you can find yourself on one of these shows for a long period of time and think that all you'll ever be able to do is that character. Certainly people think of you that way. ↗

— William Petersen

#certainly #character #ever #find #i

I'm not going to tell a person how to think, don't believe in that. What I want to do, when I write these books, is just to say don't be so sure of yourself. Let me pull the carpet out from underneath you, and let's see if you can still find the footing. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#books #carpet #find #footing #going

When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it - or you will never know if you can. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#decide #finish #fix #force #garbage

Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen. ↗

— Marge Piercy

#liked #love #may #you #yourself

I feel when you walk into somebody's apartment on Fifth Avenue or house in Malibu and you see a Basquiat, a Warhol, a Richard Prince, you say to yourself, '$700,000, $2.2 million, $350,000...' To me that is completely uninteresting. I'd rather go to a house where there's great art and I have no idea who the work is by. ↗

— Jean Pigozzi

#art #avenue #completely #feel #fifth

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#find #kind #live #others #peace

Always remember your kid's name. Always remember where you put your kid. Don't let your kid drive until their feet can reach the pedals. Use the right size diapers... for yourself. And, when in doubt, make funny faces. ↗

— Amy Poehler

#diapers #doubt #drive #faces #feet