#backyard

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. ↗

— Colin Powell

#backyard #challenge #even #own #pros

I knew I wouldn't discover happiness in a faraway place or in unusual circumstances; it was right here, right now— as in the haunting play "The Blue Bird," where two children spend a year searching the world for the Blue Bird of Happiness, only to find it waiting for them when they finally return home. ↗

— Gretchen Rubin

#blue-bird #happiness #home

It was, you know, probably 80 degrees out in L.A., and my dad took me outside and there was snow. At the time, I thought, 'Every kid doesn't have snow in their backyard on Christmas?' ↗

— Tori Spelling

#christmas #dad #degrees #every #i

I want to build a studio in my backyard. The interest rates are low now, so who knows. ↗

— Paul Taylor

#build #i #interest #knows #low

Apart from being interested in a good role, I think it's necessary to make up your mind as to whether it will make a movie that will entertain an audience all over the world and not just in your own backyard. ↗

— Rod Taylor

#audience #backyard #being #entertain #good

Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone's home and backyard. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#distant #familiar #foreign #home #hospitality

In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day. ↗

— Mangosuthu Buthelezi

#backyard #been #day #despair #done

We train very hard under windy conditions. I've actually walked a wire in my backyard with 90-mile-an-hour winds. ↗

— Nik Wallenda

#backyard #conditions #hard #i #train

I feel a responsibility to my backyard. I want it to be taken care of and protected. ↗

— Annie Leibovitz

#care #feel #i #i feel #protected

In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors. ↗

— Helmut Newton

#between #california #contrast #definite #figures