The more we feel sorry for ourselves, the less sorry others will feel for us. People don't waste their small store of sympathy on those who can provide it so richly for themselves.
I like there to be some testosterone in rock, and it's like I'm the one in the dress who has to provide it.
The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should.
I provide the bricks and mortar with the words and situations - the director and the actors and the designers build the house.
We have every resource necessary to provide access to education for every child on the planet; we just need to commit to enabling it.
The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.
If one's work environment isn't able to provide individuals with meaning, people will seek out one that does.
It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
Every scene you will ever act begins in the middle, and it is up to you, the actor, to provide what comes before.
History does not provide any example of capital accumulation brought about by a government. As far as governments invested in the construction of roads, railroads, and other useful public works, the capital needed was provided by the savings of individual citizens and borrowed by the government.
The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold.
Sometimes we let our thoughts of tomorrow take up too much of today. Daydreaming of the past and longing for the future may provide comfort but will not take the place of living in the present. This is the day of our opportunity, and we must grasp it
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
For anyone inclined to caricature environmental history as 'environmental determinism,' the contrasting histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti provide a useful antidote. Yes, environmental problems do constrain human societies, but the societies' responses also make a difference.
Abstraction can provide stumbling blocks for people of strange intelligence.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide: your absence.
The lion will lay down with the lamb. . . but every morning they'll have to provide a new lamb. Maybe this world is another planet's hell.
Everybody naturally wants to abide in that highest frequency of the heart, and it is often through intimate relationships that we are able to fully know this divine love within ourselves. These close relationships provide us not only with the experience of the highest joy and love in life, but also offer the opportunity for profound self-awareness, because each relationship mirrors both our bright attributes and our shadow sides.
In human affairs, no single person, organisation or social formation ever has a final or an absolutely correct position. It is through conversation, debate and critical discussion that we approach positions that may provide workable solutions.
When people in power can operate in the dark, inevitably they abuse that power. So, you need outside forces to bring light and transparency to what they're doing. And, one of the ways you do that is through journalism, and through guaranteeing a free press. That is its purpose, to provide a check on those who wield power.