"For so long, I was controlled and manipulated by other people. Whatever people think of me, I'm finally doing what I want to do."

-- LaToya Jackson

#Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes #People Quotes

“All of these are names given me by other people, but not names I would have given myself. My name is not mine, it's theirs. It's a series of costumes put on my life by other people.”
“Happiness is something you get from yourself. If you're completely satisfied with yourself, nobody can take it away from you.”

Source : The RZA (2009). “The Tao of Wu”, p.26, Penguin
“Being natural and matter-of-fact about nudity prevents your children from developing an attitude of shame and guilt about the human body.”
“I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.”
“Till I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'”
“Likewise today, some Christians are content to merely exist until they die. They don't want to risk anything, to believe God, to grow or mature. They refuse to believe his Word, and have become hardened in their unbelief. Now they're living just to die.”
“Out in the Pool certain other boats caught the eye... each carried a bright fire amidships, in a brazier, beside a man, two small barrels of beer, and a very large handbell. The men were purlmen, Grandfather Nat told me, selling hot beer in the cold mornings - to the men on the colliers, or on any other craft thereabout.”

Source : Arthur Morrison (2016). “The Complete Works of Arthur Morrison (Including Martin Hewitt Detective Mysteries, Sketches of the Old London Slum & Tales of the Supernatural) - Illustrated: Adventures of Martin Hewitt, The Red Triangle, Tales of Mean Streets, The Dorrington Deed Box, The Green Eye of Goona, Divers Vanities, Green Ginger, Fiddle o' Dreams, The Shadows Around Us & more”, p.1072, e-artnow
“My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this.”

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