#achievement

It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#become #celebrate #doing #even #government

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#achievements #blessed #fog #great #great achievements

I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life on earth. Something better than us has to come along. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#along #beings #believe #better #come

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct. ↗

— Barry Levinson

#been #chance #diner #direct #first

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't. ↗

— George Lucas

#achievement #always #because #exactly #goals

I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement. ↗

— Brian May

#achievement #be the first #big #big thing #first

I stood for parliament with the amazing support and help of my ex-husband, but it's not something that was handed to me like a peerage. I worked hard and was elected. So my achievements, such as they are, are my own. ↗

— Louise Mensch

#amazing #elected #handed #hard #help

It seemed romantic but also tragic - people would be winning but then lose it all, or crash but fight on, break bones but get back on their bikes and try to finish. Just getting to the end was seen as an achievement in itself. ↗

— David Millar

#also #back #bikes #bones #break

People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden, but there is also an important investment based upon the potential achievements that come from us paying our taxes. ↗

— Richard Neal

#also #based #believe #burden #come

I attempt an arduous task; but there is no worth in that which is not a difficult achievement. ↗

— Ovid

#arduous #attempt #difficult #i #task