Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
I have a friend who is around my age, a little younger, and she's gay and came out to her own community when she was younger but not to her family and to the community at large.
Every child needs to have for itself not only its loving parents and siblings and friends of its own age, but a grown-up friend.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
In 16, 17 years as a pro I was used to the head coach doing it alone. He might have asked his people for advice, but he made the decisions on his own. In order to learn quickly I couldn't do that.
Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.
It's only when you're alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources.
I admire people who can step out on their own and work alone - that takes a lot of guts. But I'd rather have the camaraderie on and off camera of working as a part of a group.
You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.
Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.
I'd love to own a bakery at some point. My grandmother could help me run it - she is an amazing baker! I'd also love to do a cookbook.
A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.
The arts equally have distinct departments, and unless photography has its own possibilities of expression, separate from those of the other arts, it is merely a process, not an art.
I feel funny about owning art. I don't really want to say: 'Wow, come and see my Monet - it's in a dark room at the bottom of my cellar.'
I think in art, but especially in films, people are trying to confirm their own existences.
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
There's art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it's your time to solo, it's your time to shine.
Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.
I want to own a wind farm. Don’t breathe, or you’ll undermine the price of my crop.
