#con

I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me. ↗

— Karen Carpenter

#determined #easier #having #i #makes

Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent. ↗

— Alejo Carpentier

#always #continent #cuban #daily #european

Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control. ↗

— Freddy Fender

#birth #birth control #control #feel #i

Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really talk that much about work. He comes into my bit of the house every so often to vent but we don't really have very high, cultured conversations. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#bit #business #comes #conversations #cultured

You learn to rely on a few basic movements and use your voice to the greatest extent possible to convey your emotions. So there was a technical challenge there and a responsibility to create a character from behind the mask. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#behind #challenge #character #convey #create

I want a new contract. I'm happy at United and I see my future here. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#future #happy #here #i #i see

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it's so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#complacency #contrary #directly #hate #i

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#avoid #betray #confidence #controversial #had

On balance, my life has been a constant stream of blessings rather than disappointments and failures and tragedies. I wish I had been re-elected. I think I could have kept our country at peace. I think I could have consolidated what we achieved at Camp David with a treaty between Israel and the Palestinians. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#balance #been #between #blessings #camp

Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or balance, in this continuous rivalry of ideas. ↗

— James M. Baldwin

#compromise #conditions #consciousness #continuous #equilibrium