#apes

You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#become #environment #events #how #interpret

I just want to make a point that it's not just great teachers that sometimes shape your life. Sometimes it's the absence of great teachers that shapes your life and being ignored can be just as good for a person as being lauded. ↗

— Julia Roberts

#being #being ignored #good #great #great teachers

Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before. ↗

— Eric Rohmer

#before #civilization #content #films #haven

If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience. ↗

— Dave Van Ronk

#doing #front #going #good #i

I have a Christian worldview and so it shapes the way that I view issues. I don't apologize for that, and I don't think people of faith ought to shrink away from being in the public arena. ↗

— John Thune

#arena #away #being #christian #faith

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry. ↗

— E. B. White

#gives #grapes #joy #laundry #long

One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which gives music its beauty. ↗

— Edward Witten

#basic #basic things #beauty #different #different shapes

Lots of people I know have bootlegged tapes of performances and if they play it I will be transported back sometimes with happiness, sometimes with horror. ↗

— Chris Bailey

#happiness #horror #i #know #lots

Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration. ↗

— Gavin Rossdale

#everything #inspiration #inspirations #just #just living

I love big budgeted, epic rock landscapes. That's what turns me on. ↗

— Melissa Auf der Maur

#epic #i #i love #landscapes #love