#sole

It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#deceiving #does #effect #executed #insincere

It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public. ↗

— Maya Lin

#longer #me #mind #mine #part

If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

#give #god #had #her #least

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music. ↗

— Macklemore

#comes #fame #great #i #make

It should be one's sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#anew #create #endeavor #everything #see

They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#characters #experience #imaginary #imaginary characters #imagination

In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously. ↗

— David Mamet

#away #based #days #evenings #family

I certainly understand that we're all trying to make a living, but I'm not thinking about that when I'm making it. And if that's your sole motivation, it's going to reflect that narcissistic greed, and you're going to hear it in the music. ↗

— Aimee Mann

#certainly #going #greed #hear #i

I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#beautiful #because #been #curious #flirt

I've been in plenty of situations where someone I'm dating had more time for a console than me. ↗

— Josie Maran

#console #dating #had #i #me