#ben

My kitchen bench is covered with vitamins and protein powders. I go through phases when I'm sure I'm taking too many - but I don't get sick often. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#covered #get #go #i #kitchen

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. ↗

— Jane Austen

#dignity #elizabeth-bennet #empowerment #fear #independence

The au pair was bug-eyed. "What happened back there?" "It's not our fault!" Dan babbled. "Those guys are crazy! They're like mini-Darth Vaders without the mask!" "They're Benedictine monks!" Nellie exclaimed. "They're men of peace! Most of them are under vows of silence!" "Yeah, well, not anymore," Dan told her. "They cursed us out pretty good. I don't know the language, but some things you don't have to translate. ↗

— Gordon Korman

#cursing #dan-cahill #humor #nellie-gomez #the

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen #love

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things. ↗

— Ansel Adams

#beneath #effectively #humanity #latent #live

Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean's surface remains a mystery, and our nation continues to rely on a confused, antiquated system of ocean governance. ↗

— Tom Allen

#beneath #confused #continues #governance #lies

Politically, Obama's amazing streak of self-destructing opponents who have lain beneath his feet during his unlikely political career appears to be holding. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#appears #beneath #career #during #feet

I don't want to embarrass any other catcher by comparing him to Johnny Bench. ↗

— Sparky Anderson

#bench #catcher #comparing #embarrass #him

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#beneficial #central #development #involves #men

You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#contributing #others #satisfied #something #unless