T.L. Swan Quotes

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

Once upon a time, man had a love affair with fire.

If you show someone something you've written, you give them a sharpened stake, lie down in your coffin, and say, ‘When you’re ready’.

...it’s not just the person who fills a house, it’s their I’ll be back later!s, their toothbrushes and unused hats and coats, their belongingnesses.

The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need.

Trees're always a relief, after people.

I believe in walking out of a museum before the paintings you've seen begin to run together. How else can you carry anything away with you in your mind's eye?

Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.

The word 'cancer' carries with it enormous fear, fear for the future, fear for family.

I find that every day is not about where I'll be tomorrow, but it's about what I'm doing today and staying in the moment. By doing that, I'm truly enjoying all of my todays.

Do you know how hard it is to play a character where youre always in heels? Oh, my goodness!

It's difficult dating, as an actor because your free time is precious. The guy I end up with someday is going to have to love traveling.

But then every man is ludicrous if you look at him from outside, without taking into account what’s going on in his heart and mind.

As is widely accepted, putting a price on carbon pollution is the lowest cost and most efficient way to tackle dangerous climate change.

And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new?

My guess is that he remembers some of me, some of us together, and the rest rolled off him like topsoil in a flash flood.

Faith is simply whatever is real to us.

In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I don't know.

But you have read Madame Bovary?' (I'd never heard of her books.) 'No.

I think outdoors has been my second home. My parents wouldn't be like, "Go and do a puzzle," they'd be like, "Hey, there's a forest across the street. You need to go play in it."

Philanthropy has always been something that I've been kind of interested in because I think it was instilled at a very young age through my parents.

I was a gymnast for twelve or thirteen years. Then I got into surfing and now I paddle board and hike and do whatever I can. I think it's my love of the outdoors.

How do I stay healthy? I actually leave a lot of that up to my dog. He makes me get up pretty early in the morning. We go for walks together.

Growing up, I realized as an actor I had to figure out how to use my platform in order to give back.

I love that they do that. I love action and I love doing my own stunts. I love that sort of thing.

Australians have defied global economic gravity.

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.

I love bringing the colors and textures of other cultures. If I wear a dress that I bought from a street vendor in Bali on a red carpet, it's a way of bringing my travels with me.

Obviously the original 'Tron' was a very influential movie for its time, so to be a part of the second one is very exciting.

I didn't want to find out the reality that if I wanted my dream, I had to lose weight. That's a crushing dream for anybody . . . to change yourself to get your dream. Nobody should have to do that.

To be a part of something like 'Tron,' good God! It doesn't matter how big or small your role is, you're like, 'Yeah, I was in 'Tron.''

I've never heard of a size 0 or a negative human. That's hard. A lot of girls aren't naturally built that way.

I was an extreme tomboy. I did competitive gymnastics for over 10 years. I cut my hair like Winona Ryder, with that little pixie cut.

I'm really excited for people to be able to see what else I can do, besides high heels and magic powers.

Photos’re better than nothing, but things’re better than photos ’cause the things themselves were part of what was there.

And to my soul mate, ” he raises his glass, “who has been with me all along, but is absent from my side.

Poems are lenses, mirrors, and X-ray machines.

The problem is that our ideas are sticky: once we produce a theory, we are not likely to change our minds....

If your body is telling you to slow down, listen to it. If your body is saying you should keep going... then keep going.

Anything and everything made her think about him. He was so much a part of her, embedded in her soul. [Mina and Diego]

And to my soul mate, who has been with me all along, but is absent from my side.

Fire’s the sun, unwindin’ itself out o’ the wood.

Know how to rank your beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.

You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself.

YOU CANT CHANGE THE PAST, BUT YOU CAN RUIN YOUR PERFECTLY PRESENT LIFE BY WORRYING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE.

He who is not liberal with what he has, does but deceive himself when he thinks he would be liberal if he had more

Besides, my life is a catastrophe. It's a catastrophe to be without a voice.

It's difficult dating as an actor because your free time is precious. The guy I end up with someday is going to have to love traveling.

I'm Canadian. The only difference between dating American and Canadian guys is whether you'll be watching football or hockey. I have no preference.

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