#ron

That's what hiding away did, whether it was from the world or yourself, your past, or even your dreams. It took absolutely no effort to have a miserable life. But building a glorious one? A life worth living and sharing with others? That's what was hard." Joanna ↗

— Vicki Pettersson

#dreams

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#back #battle #event #front #house

I think it is very ironic that most people think that the banjo is a southern white instrument. It came from Africa and even for the first years that white people played banjo they would put on blackface. ↗

— Bela Fleck

#banjo #came #even #first #i

I can't think of anything more crushing than slowly, over time, realizing exactly how wrong you were about someone. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

#anything #crushing #exactly #how #i

There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny. ↗

— Tom Ford

#candidates #charismatic #many #people #scrutiny

As much as we love playing the small clubs, we'd really like to get ourselves in front of a larger audience. I'm not talking about arenas or anything, but nice theaters and larger clubs. ↗

— Chris Frantz

#anything #arenas #audience #clubs #front

If he sees nothing within, then he should stop painting what is in front of him. ↗

— Caspar David Friedrich

#him #nothing #painting #sees #should

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself. ↗

— Caspar David Friedrich

#front #him #himself #inside #only

However, I have a low opinion of people with narrow political horizons. Someone who talks about the environment and knows nothing about economics can make as many mistakes as someone who does the opposite. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#does #economics #environment #horizons #however

I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our parents and whatever kinds of environmental opportunities are available. ↗

— Howard Gardner

#almost #anything #assuming #available #composite