#am

Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind. ↗

— Paavo Nurmi

#because #everything #i #i am #mind

I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him. ↗

— Henry Adams

#am #anyone #faith #him #history

I grew up with all boys in my family, where there was no place for girlie stuff. But it's amazing to walk into my house now. Everything is pink! ↗

— Jerry O'Connell

#everything #family #grew #house #i

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process. ↗

— Roger von Oech

#failure #most #opposites #people #process

My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#american-born #background #gave #many #me

The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite extreme. But one might not have heard about all the other villages' horrors at the same time. ↗

— Sharon Olds

#amount #could #extreme #hear #heard

My mother is Greek and my father is Bulgarian. I am a first-generation American and native Los Angeleno. I was born and raised in Hollywood. ↗

— Rita Wilson

#american #born #father #greek #hollywood

I built my own hi-fi set and enjoyed helping friends with their amateur radio transmitters, but lost interest as soon as they worked. ↗

— Robert W. Wilson

#built #enjoyed #friends #helping #hi-fi

I remembered a mantra that one of my teachers used to tell me at drama school, that every thought will pass across your face. Even if you're thinking about Shreddies the camera will read it. ↗

— Ruth Wilson

#across #camera #drama #drama school #even

Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades. ↗

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

#civilization #lamb #skin #which