Virginia Woolf Quotes
There is a sadness at the back of life which some people do not attempt to mitigate. Entirely aware of their own standing in the shadow, and yet alive to every tremor and gleam of existence, there they endure.
Quotes to Explore
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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Many of us will be obsessed with one or another kind of secret or revelation, be it gossip about friends or ourselves, a fantasy about spies, or a worry about the most personal information now stored in data banks. But few of us think about secrets in general, or about the moral rights and wrongs of hiding or exposing them.
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Midi is my hobby.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.
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The first thing I do when I get to any town is find a gym and a breakfast place, because I love breakfast.
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I never read reviews - I never have. I've never read message boards, either. I'm just not interested in it in any way - I'm not interested in it inflating my ego, and I'm not interested in it improving my self-worth. So, I don't read them.
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I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream. They're very universal stories I've told - every movie I've done.
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The great object is that every man be armed.
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In nature there are few sharp lines.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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It's easy to diet or get off a diet when you've got a juicy role to play.
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One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.
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I knew I had a problem, and I couldn't admit it.
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I've never been a much of a glamour girl.
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I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page.
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There is a sadness at the back of life which some people do not attempt to mitigate. Entirely aware of their own standing in the shadow, and yet alive to every tremor and gleam of existence, there they endure.
