#ellen

I met all these important people and did all these stories, but I always had such excellent producers and assistants. I could show up to interview a world leader or a criminal and they would have things so well prepared anyone could have done it. It wasn't about 'me,' it was about 'us.' ↗

— Mike Wallace

#always #anyone #assistants #could #criminal

There's so much excellent new music around that I can't afford to buy it all and I haven't the time to review as much as I'd like. I can't remember a better time to be a musician or to listen to music! ↗

— Malcolm Wilson

#around #better #better time #buy #excellent

Anger is easier than forgiveness. ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#impulse #life #perfect #poetry #young-adult

As long as the constitution of my country is not amended to cut down the sizes of the dreams of its citizens, I have the freedom to dream extra largest dreams. I am even dreaming over-size dreams now. ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#big-dreams #constitution #country #cut-down #dream

Consider ye the seed from which ye sprang; Ye were not made to live like unto brutes But for pursuit of virtue and of knowledge. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#excellence #humanity #knowledge #life #virtue

Helen Sustained many falls throughout her life. But as you can see, she steps right up and keeps on going. Falling to her is as natural as sneezing to us ↗

— Danielle Joseph

#hellen-keller #perseverance #life

A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. ↗

— James Boswell

#among #conversation #excellencies #good #lively

Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. ↗

— Herman Melville

#any #before #best #children #even

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#attitudes #change #deep #enough #excellence

For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.' ↗

— Shaquille O'Neal

#aristotle #because #big #day #down