#dim

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance. ↗

— T. S. Eliot

#character #diminished #importance #insignificance #knowledge

People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#determine #diminish #fears #ideas #make

I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#mood #moods #out #pam #ride

At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#death #independence #nadine-gordimer #writing #death

Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish. ↗

— Bill Ford

#cult #diminish #frankly #had #i

The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. They're trying to do it through both frontal and side attacks. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#attacks #being #both #diminish #director

I'm forever learning and that's why I'm always able to create new styles and new dimensions of hip-hop. ↗

— Doug E. Fresh

#always #create #dimensions #forever #hip-hop

In their work, then, as in their play, men and women are more and more coming to share with each other as comrades, and really the fun of life seems in no wise diminished as a consequence. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#comrades #consequence #diminished #each #fun

I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#i #living #sacrifice #service #spirit

I felt my father's presence with me, helping me to commit to paper the feelings I had. I really heard my father speaking to me from the other dimension. ↗

— Michael Landon

#dimension #father #feelings #felt #had