#age

However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#backgrounds #been #both #came #college

People ask me how far I've come. And I tell them twelve feet: from the audience to the stage. ↗

— David Lee Roth

#audience #come #far #feet #how

There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race. ↗

— Emil Zatopek

#bad #better #conditions #difference #great

Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#into #kiss #marriage #miracle #pleasure

I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I haven't been back for 11 years. I think any stage experience is good experience, as far as being an actor is concerned. ↗

— Tim Roth

#any #as far as #back #because #been

As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world. ↗

— Nathan Meyer Rothschild

#advantage #any #brothers #cause #compete

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig. ↗

— Johnny Rotton

#day #die #eat #fear #gig

Being overweight and obesity are major risk factors for many chronic diseases for South Dakotans of all ages. When people are overweight or obese, they have more health problems and more serious health problems, in addition to higher health care costs. ↗

— Mike Rounds

#ages #being #care #care costs #chronic

Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman. ↗

— Mike Rounds

#between #dakotans #done #human #i

I ran to my marriage, I was happily ready to take on marriage. ↗

— Mark Ruffalo

#i #marriage #ran #ready #take