#elle

English girls' schools today providing the higher education are, so far as my knowledge goes, worthily representative of that astonishing rise in the intellectual standards of women which has taken place in the last half-century. ↗

— Mary A. Ward

#education #english #far #goes #half-century

My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy. ↗

— Chris Ware

#empathy #fortified #gave #grandmother #how

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#common thing #common way #excellence #thing #uncommon

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

#doing #excellence #get #quit #second

I am the elected president of Liberia, not Ellen Sirleaf. They stole my victory, and I am here to say loud and clear that I am the winner of the elections. ↗

— George Weah

#clear #elected #elections #ellen #here

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny. ↗

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

#intellectual #scrutiny #stand #stand up #up

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention. ↗

— Simone Weil

#humility #intellectual #less #more #nor

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#accept #almost #american #american public #excellence

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. So, a movie like 'The Artist' that costs $14 million, has to go out and compete with movies that cost $140 million. How does David deal with Goliath? ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#accept #almost #american #american public #artist

I am definitely a storyteller, but probably not a traditional Storyteller. ↗

— James Welch

#definitely #i #i am #probably #storyteller