Jessamyn West Quotes

It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.

Jessamyn West

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 18, 1902 - February 23, 1984

Topics

ForgivenessMistakesGritOthersOwn

I always dream about that type of moment. In my head, I always kind of create that scenario, just about, like, some type of winning shot or block that's going to, like, really get the crowd into it.

Joel Embiid

MomentWinningDreamCreateKind

And all your future lies beneath your hat.

John Oldham

FutureHatLiesYourBeneath

You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way.

Tom Waits

LivePovertyYouCreateWantWay

I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character.

Robert Duvall

CharacterTeacherYourselfChairYou

I think my dad has a similar black sense of humour to mine, so perhaps it's just an inherited thing. I've got two little boys now, and I can see it with them as well. I don't know if you learn it off your parents - but my dad used to take me to see certain plays when I was quite young, so maybe that had an effect as well.

Julia Davis

ParentsMeBlackThinkLearnYou

Humans want to know the hierarchy; it's important for there to be one leader.

Julia Hartz

LeaderKnowImportantWantHierarchy

I was born in Cleveland, Ohio; raised primarily in Phoenix, Arizona; and, after running away from home in my teens to play music and bouncing around a bit, settled in Oxford, Mississippi, which I consider more my home than anywhere else in the world.

Jonathan Miles

HomeMusicWorldBornPlayMore

I am China, pronounced as Chee-na. And I think it's time the world lets older women age gracefully.

China Machado

WomenAgeTimeI AmWorldThink

I'm always going to try to win with a positive mindset.

Brock Osweiler

PositiveWinMindsetTryAlways

If you can change your mind, you can change the world!

Annaleigh Ashford

ChangeChange The WorldMindWorld

Hell is paved with good samaritans.

William Holden

GoodHellPavedHell Is

Nobody ever wants to have change, that's for sure. But when it's good, it's really good.

Paula Creamer

ChangeGoodNobodySureWantsEver

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