"We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves."

-- Malcolm X

#Self Worth Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“It doesn't matter where anybody lives, we're all here.”
“I thought Sissy Hickey should be really skinny and leathery and have one of those really husky voices, but Del Shores kept saying, "I wrote this part for you." He took me to his house and showed me pictures of all his Texas relatives, and they looked exactly like my family.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“You know, I've had a helluva life. Not just the acting part. I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to the hounds. I've done a lot of exciting things,”

Source : "Joan Fontaine, Oscar-winning actor, dies at 96", www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2013.
“Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.”
“I have a lot of hobbies and I can be very remiss in reminding myself to go down to the basement to work.”
“People believe a man is in distress because his loved one dies in one day. But his real pain is less futile: it is that he finds out that sadness too does not last. Even pain has no meaning.”
“I like rules. I like definitions, categories, and writing advice of all sorts. When I'm writing fiction, there are often a lot of things for me to try to get right at once, and rules help me to stay organized. But my favorite rule of all is that, ultimately, there are no rules.”
“Some rules are there for a reason - but it's one thing to have a rule that protects and another to have rules that stifle. I've seen a lot of those articles and I thought they were unreasonable when I was in school, but they're getting a little bit out of hand now. We should embrace what makes us different, our different styles, our creativity.”

Source : Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

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