#selves

We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of things in Mexico. ↗

— Edward Burnett Tylor

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We are constantly creating ourselves by what we move toward or away from. ↗

— George Weinberg

#constantly #creating #move #ourselves #toward

Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#benefit #both #exercise #free #free speech

You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#especially #famous #get #get married #going

I knew absolutely nothing about acting, and had to be taught everything. Some people are born naturals and know how to walk, talk and hold themselves. I didn't and had to learn everything. ↗

— Richard Briers

#absolutely #absolutely nothing #acting #born #everything

People define themselves aesthetically at a very young age. ↗

— Thom Filicia

#age #define #people #themselves #very

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#confidence #create #creative #creative spirit #dictate

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves. ↗

— Anne Baxter

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future. ↗

— Fulton Oursler

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