#ect

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, "Thus far and no farther." ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#barriers #erected #far #farther #industry

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others. ↗

— James Van Der Beek

#better #come #everything #expect #give

You can't really pretend something is rosier than it is and expect people to buy it. ↗

— James Van Der Beek

#expect #people #pretend #really #something

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

#confess #defect #easier #quality #than

When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at all times, drawn by society and often religion and family and particularly other women, who somehow feel invested in how you behave, as if your actions reflect directly on all womanhood. ↗

— M.E. Thomas

#feminism #feminist #gender #gender-roles #gender-stereotypes

I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys. ↗

— Caroline B. Cooney

#approach #good #good guys #guys #i

If you smash a city when you're trying to capture it, you actually end up providing the perfect terrain for the defenders while blocking the access for your own armoured vehicles. ↗

— Antony Beevor

#actually #blocking #capture #city #defenders

Again and again, I've seen Bush turn a blind eye as his henchmen have leveled zealous attacks against his political enemies - assaults which the president himself has sometimes directly encouraged. ↗

— Paul Begala

#against #assaults #attacks #blind #blind eye

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library. ↗

— Aphra Behn

#found #friend #good #library #life

My view was that the campaign had been a sacred thing, that it had been a real compact, because I was there and I saw the connection that Clinton made with people, and the connection that they made with him. ↗

— Paul Begala

#been #campaign #clinton #compact #connection