Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn't mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.
I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.
There are days when I think the National Endowment for the Arts should issue a quota system for the production of plays by women - especially when you realize women buy 70 percent of all theater tickets.
Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.
What is it about the moment you fall in love? How can such a small measure of time contain such enormity? I suddenly realize why people believe in déjà vu, why people believe they've lived past lives, because there is no way the years I've spent on...
There's one other thing I'd like to remind you of, my dear. There've been many times when you've sworn to me that after all that life has dealt you, it was no longer possible for you to believe in anything. I replied that both life and my studies had...
We are all born and someday we’ll all die. Most likely to some degree alone.What if our aloneness isn’t a tragedy? What if our aloneness is what allows us to speak the truth without being afraid? What if our aloneness is what allows us to adventu...
There is a folk-tale about a shoemaker and his wife who were so poor that they had to send their many children out into the world to make a living. The lads went through many a perilous adventure but came home in the end, unscathed, to help their mot...
Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free
...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.
a grin that wasn't natural, and that combined in a strange way affection and arrogance, the arrogance of the idealist who doesn't realize how easily he can be fooled.
Too many people realize at the end of their lives that they've taken for granted those who really love them.
If you have a dream as a child, but you let it go cold, you will grow old only to realize that you have sold your gold for no royalty!
..and when he let her go, it was as if she had been filled and didn't realize it until he pulled away and the absence rushed back in.
Mae's first impulse was to die of shame, but she realized after a hot, stomach-clenching moment that this was probably impractical.
Were all instructors to realize that the quality of mental process, not the production of correct answers, is the measure of educative growth something hardly less than a revolution in teaching would be worked.
He realized that, despite the dangers and alarms of the day, waiting was perhaps the worst thing of all.
The truth is I do love you. Admitting that means opening myself up to all that pain when you leave. After you realize this wasn’t love, but gratitude.
I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.
Mom, you know what? I just realized you have a knack for making people disappear. [Lella's son catches on!]
When you mature in your relationship with God you realize how suffering and patience are like eating your spiritual vegetables.
