#elizabeth

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. ↗

— Jane Austen

#dignity #elizabeth-bennet #empowerment #fear #independence

Rachel: You're a half-blood, too? Annabeth: Shhh! Just announce it to the world, how about? Rachel: Okay. Hey, everybody! These two aren't human! They're half Greek god!...They don't seem to care. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#half-blood #humor #rachel-elizabeth-dare #humor

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen #love

You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your clothes every day. This is a power you can cultivate. If you want to control things in your life so bad, work on the mind. That's the only thing you should be trying to control. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#elizabeth-gilbert #inspiration #inspirational

I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. ↗

— Julie Andrews

#elizabeth #grandmothers #i #julia #named

Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#elizabeth #fame #sat #shoulders #stardom

It's no stretch to picture me standing next to Al Pacino or Robert De Niro. Those are ethnic New York men. I'm an ethnic New York girl. Everybody has their limitations. I mean, I should never be cast as Queen Elizabeth. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#al pacino #cast #de niro #elizabeth #ethnic

If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice. ↗

— Usain Bolt

#elizabeth #get #i #me #nice

I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era. ↗

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

#am #biography #elizabeth #elizabeth i #era

My mother Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck was a pianist who studied with Dame Myra Hess and Tobias Matthey. As a child in California I used to listen to her play Chopin. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#child #chopin #dame #elizabeth #her