The poets whom I knew then were all men and all seemed dauntingly sure of themselves – although I am sure that really they were as uncertain as I was. – Helen Dunmore
Insurrection by means of guerrilla bands is the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign yoke. It is invincible, indestructible. – Giuseppe Mazzini
Actually, I don’t think there’s anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves. – Isaac Hanson
Leaders who are kind of insecure or egocentric, they basically sabotage themselves. – John C. Maxwell
I was fat because my parents were a little fat themselves at that point in their lives, and I ate what they ate. – Jami Attenberg
If human beings were shown what they’re really like, they’d either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves. – Aldous Huxley
I find the 1940s very compelling. It is a very excitable period in the U.S. when, whether out of necessity or not, everybody was reinventing themselves. – Amy Bloom
It’s really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves. – Alan Cumming
I grew up when people seemed actually to be hurting themselves for their art. Of course, some of it was phony. – Barry Hannah
If I get sued for keeping people safe and getting people in from the cold because they were endangering themselves, then so be it. – Andrew Cuomo
Even the pallid daughters of Albion forget for a moment their Pre-Raphaelite poses by burying themselves in the sonorous sortilege of the Antilles. – Alejo Carpentier
