Sometimes it's impossible to say certain things ... Writing is something needed by man to share experience.
I think it's important for one to take a certain distance from oneself.
Vous craignez les livres comme certaines bourgades ont craint les violons. Laissez lire, et laissez danser; ces deux amusements ne feront jamais de mal au monde.
If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?
An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures.
Sometimes we need to tell ourselves that we're not going to do certain things, just in order to stay sane.
Certain roles are more challenging than others, but I haven't come across one yet that I can't tackle.
At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.
I work with kids, and I see certain things, so I realize now why my mother was so horrified and overprotective of everything that I watched.
Presentation skills are key. People who work for you represent your brand. You want them to present themselves - and represent you - in a certain way.
When you're home-schooled, you have to have a certain level of work ethic. Otherwise, you don't get anything done.
I studied the Bible and philosophy in college, and I think in a certain sense that's the kind of stuff that still makes my brain work.
That's a frustration sometimes, that certain directors that I'd like to work with, they just aren't doing stories that I'm sort of castable in. Not always, but sometimes I have that frustration.
I think, at a certain point, it's better for women not to have any alcohol because it can make your face, breasts and midsection get very bloated.
This was how it was with travel: one city gives you gifts, another robs you. One gives you the heart’s affections, the other destroys your soul. Cities and countries are as alive, as feeling, as fickle and uncertain as people. Their degrees of love...
A cat knows how to be comfortable, how to get the people around it to serve it. In a tranquil domestic situation, the cat is a veritable manipulative genius. It seeks the soft, it seeks the warm, it prefers the quiet and it loves to be full. It displ...
This was how it was with travel: one city gives you gifts, another robs you. One gives you the heart’s affections, the other destroys your soul. Cities and countries are as alive and feeling, as fickle and uncertain as people. Their degrees of love...
Be a good listener in the special way a story requires: note the manner of presentation; the development of plot, character; the addition of new dramatic sequences; the emphasis accorded to one figure or another in the recital; and the degree of enth...
No matter how much individuals do through their own efforts, they cannot actively purify themselves enough to be disposed in the least degree for the divine union of the perfection of love. God must take over and purge them in that fire that is dark ...
You can get your time and your life under control only to the degree to which you discontinue lower-value activities.
Most of my friends from Columbia are going on to get advanced degrees. And why not? A Ph.D. is the new M.A., a master's is the new bachelor's, a B.A. is the new high school diploma, and a high school diploma is the new smiley-face sticker on your fir...
