#beg

I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive. ↗

— Barry Mann

#careers #competitive #gut #i #know

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart. ↗

— Horace Mann

#begin #brought #chastisement #child #conduct

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#beginning #begins #bells #century #divisions

When we can begin to take our failures seriously, it means we are ceasing to be afraid of them. It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#begin #ceasing #failures #immense #importance

I was married to someone who wanted me to change. Become more adult, more responsible. I began not to like myself, not like what I do. I lost my identity. Everything began collapsing around me. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

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Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for the beginning of human life proceeded well into the 20th century. ↗

— Wellington Mara

#also #beginning #centuries #century #determine

It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins. ↗

— Pete Maravich

#coach #father #hard #know #leaves

I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late. ↗

— Imelda Marcos

#beg #could #enough #him #i

A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father. ↗

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#because #begins #father #growing #growing old

When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change? ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#begin #change #did #effect #faith