Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Recitation: by Male by Female
In me soul, I'm gentle.
Joe Cocker
SoulMeGentle
We're all born with the capacity to be our best selves - to be who we really are. Then we hear the messages that exist in our fear-based society, and we get beaten down. Being confident means peeling away the doubt, fear, and worry and getting back to our core. Confident people have learned how to get back to their pure selves.
Jen Sincero
FearBestPeopleSocietyConfident
To me, creative work is labor, like any other kind of labor. It's got value, and it takes your time, and it's useful to people, depending.
John Darnielle
WorkTimeCreativeValuePeopleMe
Some actors are brilliant in David Mamet, but they would crash and burn in my plays and visa-versa. You either have my music in your body, or you don't.
John Patrick Shanley
MusicYouBodyBurnYour BodyYour
I was the one that in a very overconfident immigrant way thought I knew exactly how to raise my kids. My husband was much more typical. He had a lot of anxiety; he didn't think he knew all the right choices. And, I was the one willing to put in the hours.
Amy Chua
ChoicesHusbandThinkThoughtWay
All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters. They are real to me while I'm writing them, and I think that makes them real to the readers as well.
Stephenie Meyer
PeopleMeWritingStoryThinkI Can
I often find that superheroes are the bachelors or the billionaires - and everyone loves them. Peter Parker is basically the complete opposite. I just think that's what a lot of kids feel like as they're growing up.
Tom Holland
Growing UpThinkFeelFindGrowing
The broad goal, laid out by Congress, the Obama administration, and the U.N. Security Council, was that Iran would suspend all enrichment-related activities and not be permitted a path to ever pursue a nuclear weapons program.
Rob Portman
PathGoalSecurityCongressOut
Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.
Ron Atkinson
WinSideWellEitherCouldDraw
Twenty-thirteen was the year I got super into SoulCycle.
Mary H.K. Choi
YearGotSuper
I feel like I appreciate and love myself a lot more than I used to. At one point, I would look in the mirror; I just hated what I saw... and finally, when I was 17, I built some confidence, and now I try to keep that confidence going.
Jay Pharoah
LoveConfidenceMirrorMyselfLook
My father ran a saloon in Kenosha, Wis., which is just about as rough a living as I can think of. It was brutal; it scared the hell out of me. I was so petrified all the while I was a child, I didn't know what I was doing half the time.
Don Ameche
FatherTimeChildMeThinkHell
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