#do

Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature. ↗

— Evangelista Torricelli

#argued #claim #claims #difficulty #does

Nearly one in four women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. And slightly more than half of female victims of domestic violence live in households with children under age 12. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#children #domestic #during #experience #female

She looked... She looked young, and- and--" I glanced down at Rossana gazing up at me, lips parted, eyes shining, her hair loose around her shoulders, and the next words I spoke were intended with no artifice at all. "She is almost as beautiful as you." There was laughter, and I looked up, confused. "If you wish to pay court to my daughter, Matteo, you must first speak to me," Captain dell'Orte said in mock severity. Rossana's face colored pink. "Elizabetta is also very beautiful," I said quickly, thinking to cover any embarassment, but also because it was true. The adults roared with laughter. "Now Matteo seeks to woo both girls with one compliment. ↗

— Theresa Breslin

#humor #leonardo-da-vinci #matteo #ten-year-old-boy #beauty

I am one of those people who are blessed, or cursed, with a nature which has to interfere. If I see a thing that needs doing I do it. ↗

— Margery Allingham

#blessed #cursed #doing #i #i am

When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think. ↗

— Namie Amuro

#idol #snowed #think #time #under

If I do a movie where I have to have a son and it's a chubby kid, my mother is always like, 'You were never like that.' She gets so upset about it. ↗

— Kevin James

#always #chubby #gets #i #i do

I'm the one by the backdoor - I am not the one in the middle of the party. ↗

— Stephanie Beacham

#backdoor #i #i am #middle #party

They keep extending these unemployment benefits to the point where people are afraid to go out and get a job, because the job doesn't pay as much as the unemployment benefit does. ↗

— Sharron Angle

#because #benefit #benefits #does #extending

I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#close #does #either #else #find

Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#done #faced #fears #humiliating #i