#opted

I was not allowed to talk about being adopted when growing up. I walked around feeling like I was going to explode. ↗

— Michael Nyqvist

#adopted #allowed #around #being #explode

It actually got me upset reading about adopted children. They become junkies or criminals or actors. I wanted to write a book from the children's point of view. ↗

— Michael Nyqvist

#actually #adopted #become #book #children

I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene. ↗

— Bob Odenkirk

#because #become #challenging #co-opted #corporate

All I wanted to do was please my adopted family. ↗

— Reese Hoffa

#family #i #please #wanted

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. ↗

— Plato

#best #character #depends #everything #happily

I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are. ↗

— Godfrey Reggio

#affect #aware #become #i #i think

We need to be adopted by God through Jesus - that was what happened to me, and that's what changed my life so that now, I can see that my career can be part of a calling. ↗

— Cliff Richard

#calling #career #changed #god #happened

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience. ↗

— Hyman Rickover

#adopted #automatically #courageous #driven #good

We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that gave patent protection to our very innovative economy. ↗

— Jeffrey Sachs

#american #economy #gave #ideas #innovative

I have three adopted children with Phil, and for years I was fighting in court with him over being able to see my kids. I was always going back and forth to California, going to court, and I was never able to get a project going. ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#adopted #always #back #being #california