#coup

In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#attraction #cannot #circumstance #coupled #england

What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises. ↗

— Russell Baker

#calls #closets #cockroaches #couple #grow

I produced and directed a movie a couple years ago that won some awards that Samuel Goldwyn released called 'The Last Good Time'. I wrote, produced and directed it, but I wasn't in it. ↗

— Bob Balaban

#awards #called #couple #directed #good

I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall. ↗

— Adam Baldwin

#i #pilots #said #tall #tested

I could count my modeling jobs on my hands and toes. When I graduated from college, I moved to New York specifically to study acting, and I needed to pay the bills, and it's better to make a couple thousand dollars in one day than to wait tables six days a week. ↗

— William Baldwin

#better #bills #college #could #count

I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#couple #get #horribly #hours #i

He's a couple sandwiches short of a picnic. ↗

— Lance Bass

#picnic #sandwiches #short

Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch. ↗

— Jason Bateman

#couch #couple #did #i #obviously

Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#assume #broad #build #business #central

I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just generally doing gardening, putting plants in and hedges in. It takes quite a lot of time and I love it. ↗

— Sean Bean

#birch #couple #doing #few #gardening