"Influence follows close upon the heels of character; and whatever we are, that we shall in the end be acknowledged to be."

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Source : Caroline Wells Healey Dall (1860). “Historical pictures retouched: A volume of miscellanies. In two parts”, p.169

Caroline Wells Healey Dall

#Encouraging Quotes #Character Quotes #Influence Quotes

“I meditated before I hosted the Oscars, I meditate before I go on stage, I meditate in the morning and lunchtime when I'm on a film set.”
“Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.”
“Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's computer cables that hook up the different brain departments.”
“I think if you had different artists approaching the material in different styles, that's very different. I think it's an interesting thing to discover, what's present in the work even when you're shifting the styles. I've just found it a much stronger way to work.”
“I like to look like a tomboy during the day and then a pin-up girl at night.”

Source : "Personal Style: Joséphine de La Baume". Interview with Derek Blasberg, www.harpersbazaar.com. January 14, 2011.
“I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice.”
“Now there are times when I have to make big decisions as I'm now running a company and that it's OK to go with being respected first.”
“True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.”

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