Place an object within your view, hopefully at about eye level. You might have to look down a little bit. Some people have a meditation table on which they put an object of concentration on.
Not a stone but has its history.
Every great man inevitable resents a partner in greatness.
The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood.
Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist.
Deny a strong man his due, and he will take all he can get.
No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.
Every organization has two choices. Choice one is to grow. Choice two is to die. If you decide not to grow, it's a clear-cut message to talented people that it's time to leave.
There is no other genre that deals with America better, in a subtextual way, than the Westerns being made in the different decades. The '50s Westerns very much put forth an Eisenhower idea of America, whereas the Westerns of the '70s were very cynical about America.
I know everyone hates when I say this, they think it's a cliché, but if you don't feel good in the bathing suit you're not going to look good. Confidence is really important.
There is no tenderness without bravery.