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I actually started writing it because I was inspired by...

I actually started writing it because I was inspired by my own personal growth. You know, I was happy I was able to assess things a little bit better.

Quote by Erykah Badu about writing, happiness, things

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

Quote by Scott Adams about absolution, revenge, nothing

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about friendship, beauty, love

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about glory, contempt, praise, books, man

Annie Roth is one our best, most inspired costume...

Annie Roth is one our best, most inspired costume designers. And she's a full collaborator in constructing a character.

Quote by Glenn Close about character

Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about eyes, love, reason

I'm always being inspired.

I'm always being inspired.

Quote by Boy George about being

They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.

Quote by Salma Hayek about film, woman

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about man

When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired...

When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created.

Quote by Billy Joel about common sense, sense, music, art, magic

I was inspired by a lot of people when I was young. Every band that came through town, to the theater, or the dance hall. I was at every dance, every night club, listened to every band that came through, because in those days we didn't have MTV,...

Quote by Quincy Jones about dance, city, television, day, night, people

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says...

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Quote by Joseph Joubert about family, fear, love

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material...

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.

Quote by James Joyce

College inspired me to think differently, it's like no...

College inspired me to think differently, it's like no other time in your life

Quote by Larisa Oleynik about time, life

The HotHouse was packed with a very enthusiastic...

The HotHouse was packed with a very enthusiastic audience, and it seemed to me that Roscoe was very inspired. It was great for me to play with him.

Quote by Evan Parker

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to...

When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.

Quote by Dolly Parton

I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about peace

Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.

Quote by Sonny Perdue about encouragement, teachers, art, magic

I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here.

Quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger about country, gifts, family, idea, heart, world

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne about egoism, love

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