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self self-destruction destruction
destruction is ultimately self-destruction. Anais Nin
self world monsters
Worlds self made are so full of monsters and demons.
self people stories
You have to figure out who the right person is to tell the story. And often, people who are very self-aware will only sound as if they are pontificating if they tell the story. Ann Beattie
self people transformation
I'm only interested in people engaged in a project of self-transformation. Susan Sontag
self might pay
The God worth worshipping is the one who pays us the compliment of self - regulation, and we might return it by minding our own business. Roger Rosenblatt
self monsters persons
Anytime you make a person into something other than himself, you make a monster.
self comforting deception
Self-deception can be more comforting than self-knowledge. We like to fool ourselves. Russ Roberts
self people inspire
Nobody in a leadership level in American politics is trying to inspire the American people. Everybody needs to be goosed. The vast majority of people are not self-starters. Rush Limbaugh
self imagination long
As long as I continue to take myself seriously, how can I consider myself a saint? How can I consider myself a contemplative? For the self I bother about does not really exist, never will, never did except in my own imagination. Thomas Merton
player thinking games
But the most obvious fact about praise -- whether of God or anything -- strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. ... The world rings with praise -- lovers praising their mistresses, readers their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game. ... I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation. C. S. Lewis
play work-out bars
In some types of music I'm working out all the chords one bar at a time - the whole structure, because it's about that. And there are other pieces which are really about - okay, the melody is going to start here and play through to here. Danny Elfman
play league guy
I can only guess that, for guys in their 30s and 40s who watched me play, they understood that the score never mattered and my paycheck never mattered (in relation) to how I played. I played with Little League enthusiasm and professional flair. That's what fans are really looking for. Andy Van Slyke
play people guy
So much of being an actor is trying to force yourself into these roles and sometimes it's a good fit, and sometimes it's not a good fit. You have to get clear about what it is that you do and not try to be a bunch of other people. Not try to be that guy or try to play that part; find the roles that you do well. Andrew Rannells
play practice tennis
But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis. Anastasia Myskina
play chess pills
You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills. Anatoly Karpov
play chess steps
I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.
play judging roles
We are cruel when someone refuses to play the role in which we have cast him. We judge a person only according to his relationship towards us.
play careers tea
I don't play roles everybody likes. I'd rather have a career I'm proud of. Like everyone else, I need to eat. But I'm a very unbusinesslike person, and I keep my price low. I'm not a mass product. I'm not everyone's cup of tea. Amanda Plummer