When I was about, I'd say, 18 or 19 years old, I wanted to be a part of the CIA just because… — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
My intimate knowledge of the [UN] system allowed me to get things done despite the many obstacles. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
During adolescence, friends bring an intimate quality of support that can't be provided by any adult. — Sara Shandler Copy Share Image
Today I suddenly experienced an absurd but quite valid sensation. I realized, in an intimate lightning flash, that I am no one.… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
Intimacy is not only limited to the physical definition. The most beautiful of intimate moments is when you and your partner understand… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ordinary saying is, Count money after your father; so the same prudence adviseth to measure the ends of all counsels, though… — Frances Osborne Copy Share Image
In art, everything is particular. The more particular and the more intimate you get, the more you can give in the piece. — Doris Salcedo Copy Share Image
There are a lot of editorials that have nothing to do with anything like that. But I was just thinking of that… — Robert Creeley Copy Share Image
Television itself is an intimate medium. It's in your house. You're visiting with these people... Not everybody's going to like it, just… — Rachael Ray Copy Share Image
Closeness can lead to emotions other than love. It's the ones who have been too intimate with you, lived in too close… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Something as important and central and encompassing as empathy can't be all bad. I think empathy plays a role in intimate relationships,… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
Above all else, we seek connection - with parts of ourselves that we have repressed, with other people, and with the larger… — Harville Hendrix Copy Share Image
In the context of the great debates about identity politics - are you gay or straight, nationalist or republican, British or English… — Beatrix Campbell Copy Share Image
You experience life alone, you can be as intimate with another as much as you like, but there has to be always… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
“But in so many ways I'm still that kid, not sure exactly how to be emotionally intimate with a girl without feeling… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
We are wont to see friendship solely as a phenomenon of intimacy in which the friends open their hearts to each other… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
We too often satisfy ourselves with the perishable things of time, forgetting the opportunities we have of developing within us the great,… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
I'll tell you how you know when you're on something good: when everybody starts to tear up when they're leaving, when they're… — Louie Anderson Copy Share Image
“I think that it [the Church] stands for everything most hostile to the mental emancipation and stimulation of mankind. It is the… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
The impresario function is about intervening with the company's more administrative management structure. It is about trying to establish a sense of… — John Kao Copy Share Image
“You are worthy! Let those words sink deep into your heart. You are worthy. Life can get overwhelming for us, as our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
In the theater the audience is generally riveted to a single angle of observation. The movie director, though, can rapidly shift from… — Ed Murray Copy Share Image
“Participants experience a 'social intimacy' and a basic 'trust' in the inclusiveness and good intentions of the other people present. Hygge cannot… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
Art is a creative effort of which the wellsprings lie in the spirit, and which brings us at once the most intimate… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have… — Jennifer Connelly Copy Share Image
An intimate relationship is one in which neither party silences, sacrifices, or betrays the self and each party expresses strength and vulnerability,… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
I have a theory about soul mates -- that God wants to be our sweetheart. And once we fall in love with… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
If we turn away from our sexual passion, then we freeze and beings are harmed. If we grab it, then we are… — Reb Anderson Copy Share Image
On television, you have an intimate moment with the camera. In theater, you are making something live with people there. My brain… — Kirsten Vangsness Copy Share Image
People who are obsessed with God have an intimate relationship with Him. They are nourished by God's Word throughout the day because… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
My grandmother used to say that there's something truly intimate about sharing food with the people you love." [Stacey] "Intimate? Sharing food?… — Laurie Faria Stolarz Copy Share Image
If I were assigned poems I suppose I'd write more of them but it is entirely voluntary and for the most part… — Thomas Lynch Copy Share Image
Lysley Tenorio is a writer of sly wit and lively invention—these are stories bursting with wonders (from monster movies and leper colonies,… — Peter Ho Davies Copy Share Image
The reason for my painting large canvases is that I want to be intimate and human. To paint a small picture is… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
The more personal you are willing to be and the more intimate you are willing to be about the details of your… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
“A soulmate is an intimate and sacred keeper of your secrets, fears, vulnerabilities and love with a bond where trust breathes safety… — Julieanne O'Connor Copy Share Image
I think the most special thing about the chemistry is the intimate understanding of how to make each other laugh. At the… — Drake Doremus Copy Share Image
Saying that you've got acoustic instruments and that's traditional and so people will think it's more intimate, that will always be the… — Alison Goldfrapp Copy Share Image
…at this point the self has obviously outworn its function; it is no longer needed or useful, and life can go on… — Bernadette Roberts Copy Share Image