#pi

I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. I just drank too much. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#back #call #coping #could #drank

I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#classical #classical music #got #i #music

I grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like Take 6 and Topman. I was a bit of a soul boy, but I had a very eclectic taste in music - I was into James Brown and Bowie; and I was the only kid in the neighbourhood who would also be listening to Chopin. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#bit #bowie #boy #brown #chopin

I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman's lunch. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#cheese #i #like #lunch #nice

I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#after #although #american #british #contaminated

It's funny: I'm a lifelong musician, but because I principally play the piano it's been a solitary thing. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#been #funny #i #lifelong #musician

Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#craft #embodied #jane #me #mine

The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#life #philosophy #courage

We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading, walking around the woods in Ohio, where I grew up. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#could #deal #great #great deal #grew

I am focused on what needs to be done for the people of Israel. Period. I do not pity myself and I do not pat myself on the shoulder. I get up in the morning full of energy to fulfill my mission. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#done #energy #focused #for the people #fulfill