#arrived

There was no hostility at the court when I arrived. ↗

— Sandra Day O'Connor

#court #hostility #i

On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality. ↗

— Candace Parker

#back #best #bring #coming #dad

I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#changed #fixed #gratifying #having #hollywood

I arrived in Hollywood and lived much of my life in America, but the fans did not really know me. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#arrived #did #fans #hollywood #i

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. ↗

— Groucho Marx

#be happy #choose #day #dead #events

When we arrived in Japan in 1988, we were not prepared for the overwhelming support shown to us. ↗

— Dennis Banks

#japan #overwhelming #prepared #shown #support

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#attainment #good #laziness #never #wish

During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#arrived #computer #during #first #first time

There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them. ↗

— Peter Weir

#any #arrived #banal #become #case

Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to herky-jerky Jerry Lewis to wiry nerve-bundle Woody Allen to hung-loose Richard Pryor to whippy contortionist Jim Carrey, its comics and clowns have tended to be sliced thin and bendable. ↗

— James Wolcott

#arrived #buster #carrey #clowns #comedy