#earl

I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties. ↗

— Alexander Alekhine

#bad #combination #conjure #could #dangerous

Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#been #century #children #courageous #fearless

I'm really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can't say I felt that way in my late 20s. ↗

— Tori Amos

#feeling #felt #happy #i #late

I think every young girl at some point in her early life wonders what it's like to be a princess. They like the idea of dressing up and the fun of it. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#early #early life #every #fun #girl

I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#change #changed #come #early #found

The corruption in reporting starts very early. It's like the police reporting on the police. ↗

— Julian Assange

#early #like #police #reporting #starts

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#early #food #had #late #poison

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway. ↗

— Christian Bale

#fearless #i #recognize #scared #should

There are occasions when I've pretended to be in a firefight, and then there are people who have really been in a firefight. Clearly it's absolutely ridiculous, and even disrespectful, to suggest that I understand what that is. ↗

— Christian Bale

#been #clearly #disrespectful #even #i

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

#counterfeit #dearly #enough #happiness #how