#def

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#also #defects #demand #enterprises #excel

With options thus foreclosed, in order to protect and defend the nation and clear the obstacles that stood in its path, a decisive appeal to arms was made. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#arms #clear #decisive #defend #made

Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#defend #go #itself #life #living

I'd like to do a pop album with an R and B influence. I definitely want to have those big ballads with the uptempo hits as well. ↗

— Pia Toscano

#ballads #big #definitely #hits #i

I'm definitely doing better. I never realized that I would get the support that I've gotten from everybody - from my fans, to people that I've idolized my whole life. So it's overwhelming, it's amazing and I believe that everything happens for a reason so I'm in a really good place right now. ↗

— Pia Toscano

#believe #better #definitely #doing #everybody

My favorite type of music to sing is definitely those big ballads, I just love doing those power ballads. ↗

— Pia Toscano

#big #definitely #doing #favorite #i

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice. ↗

— Arnold J. Toynbee

#aroused #carrying #definite #enthusiasm #first

I think all of you know there is no adequate defense against massive nuclear attack. ↗

— George Wald

#against #attack #defense #i #i think

I think that sometimes when they see me in a movie they expect me to be something nasty. I mean, I play a lot of villains and you show up and they think maybe... That's why it's good to defy expectations sometimes. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#expect #expectations #good #i #i think

You can't be too old to be a writer, but you can definitely be too young! ↗

— Joanna Trollope

#old #too #writer #you #young