#eight

Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#ago #america #ancestors #came #dissenters

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#heights #leads #road #rough #rough road

When you're dead weight, in the right position, you win. And in reality, you wouldn't see someone my size kicking seven martial arts experts and winning. ↗

— Joan Severance

#dead #experts #kicking #martial #martial arts

Well, it's very easy for me to gain weight, but even though I tried not eating for a week when I was really young, I couldn't do it any longer because I liked my food too much. ↗

— Amanda Seyfried

#because #easy #eating #even #food

I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society that's very image-conscious. It's a thin person's world, and we try to navigate within it without being made fun of. ↗

— Kevin Smith

#carry #feels #fun #i #know

The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#average #believe #customers #doing #eighty

You knew after eight bars that you were hearing something just absolutely new and unique. ↗

— Jo Stafford

#after #bars #eight #hearing #just

I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#challenge #constantly #feel #focused #greater

You have to find it in the moment, and that's one of the challenges of being an actor - especially a film actor - is that you have to maintain these heightened emotions for long periods of time. There's no trick to it. You just have to do. ↗

— Aaron Stanford

#being #challenges #emotions #especially #film

It is difficult to age because society won't let you. People expect you to look how you did at the height of your fame. ↗

— Koo Stark

#because #did #difficult #expect #fame