Paul Bowles // "I've always wanted to get as far as possible from the place where I was born. Far both geographically and spiritually...I feel that life is very short and the world is there to see...and one should know as much of it as possible. One belongs to the whole world, not just one part of it."
Rosa Parks // "I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. Knowing what must be done does away with fear."
Sylvia Plath // "Hurl yourself at goals above your head... Try always, as long as you have breath in your body, to take the hard way...and work, work, work to build yourself into a rich, continually evolving entity."
Nelson Mandela // "And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Kate Winslet // "I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut grumble and my heart want to explode."
David Hockney // "I live wherever I happen to be."
George Carlin // "I don't like ass kissers, flag wavers or team players. I like people who buck the system. Individualists. I often warn people: "Somewhere along the way, someone is going to tell you, 'There is no "I" in team.' What you should tell them is, 'Maybe not. But there is an "I" in independence, individuality and integrity.'" Avoid teams at all cost. Keep your circle small. Never join a group that has a name. If they say, "We're the So-and-Sos," take a walk. And if, somehow, you must join, if it's unavoidable, such as a union or a trade association, go ahead and join. But don't participate; it will be your death. And if they tell you you're not a team player, congratulate them on being observant."
James Agee // “Just spunk won't be enough; you've got to have gumption. You've got to bear it in mind that nobody that ever lived is specially privileged; the axe can fall at any moment, on any neck, without any warning or any regard for justice. You've got to keep your mind off of pitying your own rotten luck... You've got to remember that things as bad as this and a hell of a lot worse have happened to millions of people before and that they've come through it and you can too... When something rotten like this happens. Then you have your choice. You start to really be alive, or you start to die. That's all."
Andy Warhol // "The idea is not to live forever, it is to create something that will."
Vita Sackville-West // "Is it better to be extremely ambitious, or rather modest? Probably the latter is safer, but I hate safety, and would rather fail gloriously..."
Marilyn Monroe // "If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have gotten anywhere." --------------------------------------------------------- 🎉👯 30,000 of you!! Thank you for following!!
José Saramago // "Deep down, I don't create anything. I'm just someone who simply lifts a rock and exposes what's beneath it."