#aught

The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. I'm caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points. ↗

— Iris Johansen

#caught #character #compliment #deal #given

History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesn't have to get caught in that. ↗

— Robert Johnson

#been #caught #get #history #individual

Women have always ruled my life, be it my mother, my wife, my assistant, or my daughter, so I don't really fight with them. I relinquished control years ago. ↗

— Jon Bon Jovi

#always #assistant #control #daughter #fight

My regular life today is reading books, making dolls houses, sewing dolls with my daughter and barbequing. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

#daughter #dolls #houses #life #making

I've had women tell me that when their daughters see them taking care of themselves, and being defined from within, and thinking for themselves instead of thinking about that silly culture out there, it's powerful modeling. ↗

— Naomi Judd

#being #care #culture #daughters #defined

They're free because they don't know any, better. So they can just run around and do whatever, and do whatever, and most of the time they don't get caught. ↗

— Mike Judge

#around #because #better #caught #free

It has given me a global vantage point, being the daughter of immigrants from China, who had nothing when they came here. And now I am leading a company. It speaks to something deep in me, the concept that you don't have to start with anything. ↗

— Andrea Jung

#anything #being #came #china #company

If you like a person you say 'let's go into business together.' Man is a social animal after all, but such partnerships are fraught with danger. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#animal #business #danger #fraught #go

My passion for giving is no different than yours. I give because it's in my heart to give. I give because I was taught to give at a very early age. This is how I developed my passion for giving. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#because #developed #different #early #early age

We live in a world where sports have the potential to bridge the gap between racism, sexism and discrimination. The 2012 Olympic Games was a great start but hopefully what these games taught us is that if women are given an opportunity on an equal playing field the possibilities for women are endless. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#bridge #discrimination #endless #equal #field