"It seems like people are all the time making themselves themselves, but they don't really know it. You can only have true vision when you look behind. A person can slide so fast into being something they never really intended. I wonder if you can truly resurrect your own self."

-- Elizabeth Berg

#Self Quotes #People Quotes #Vision Quotes

“I love movies, I've always been interested in them, but I wanted to wait for the right time to start acting.”
“Rock & roll is not so much a question of electric guitars as it is striped pants.”
“White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.”
“Homosexuals can be, you know, committed to each other. And they have freedom to behave in the ways that they do, but they cannot be a family. They cannot be married. I mean, virtually every culture in the history of the world has considered marriage to be between one woman and one man.”
“I've always been drawn to stories and characters facing some sort of struggle against forces beyond our control, be it love, loss, betrayal.”
“But she has gathered that Americans, in spite of their public declarations of affection, in spite of their miniskirts and bikinis, in spite of their hand-holding on the street and lying on top of each other on the Cambridge Common, prefer their privacy.”
“I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.”
“Do you know why God wants you rich? So you can do more. The wealthier you become, the more responsible you are to God.”

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