#ect

Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting. ↗

— Liz Phair

#am #back #break #conform #early

People hang their hopes on you fitting into their CD collection in way that they have made a space for, but I'm playing a longer game than that. ↗

— Liz Phair

#collection #fitting #game #hang #hopes

Wearing a veneer of perfection never did me any good. ↗

— Liz Phair

#did #good #me #never #perfection

It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing the little things, the common duties, a little better and better. ↗

— Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

#common #doing #duties #effective #great

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#final #final test #gentleman #him #his

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#encouraging #forgets #given #never #private

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#earthquake #god #hearing #imperfect #language

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#final test #gentleman #him #his #possible

It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#astronaut #before #fact #get #i

Granted, there are times when, for business reasons, you do something that's more mainstream. But even then, I try to find something that has a dark or subversive aspect. ↗

— Ryan Phillippe

#business #dark #even #find #granted