#end

It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction. ↗

— E. T. A. Hoffmann

#contend #continually #creating #destruction #goes

I did seven indies because the independent market used to be a lot better before all the stars were doing independents. As a beginning actor, that's where you started. ↗

— Josh Holloway

#because #before #beginning #better #did

Maybe I was praying for him then, in my own way. Does God have a set way of prayer, a way that He expects each of us to follow? I doubt it. I believe some people-- lots of people-- pray through the witness of their lives, through the work they do, the friendships they have, the love they offer people and receive from people. Since when are words the only acceptable form of prayer? ↗

— Dorothy Day

#god #love #prayer #witness #words

I'm just one woman away, my mother, from being the same as Mike Tyson. I would've ended up like him if my mama had not been so tough and strong. A lot of people, including Mike, don't know I came from the ghetto. They think I'm too nice and proper. But that's the way my mama raised me - to look people in the eye and respect them. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#been #being #came #ended #eye

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending. ↗

— William Dean Howells

#american public #ending #happy #happy ending #public

It's fun being able to suit up and go and kick butt and not have to worry about memorizing dialogue. It's a whole different way of acting because you're not depending on the words at all, you're really depending on everything else that you have. ↗

— Kelly Hu

#about #acting #because #being #depending

Maybe these kids are just too young and too dumb to know about the first 13. Maybe they can't comprehend that the Braves have only won one World Series in those 13 years. ↗

— Tim Hudson

#braves #comprehend #dumb #first #just

It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#country #duty #expending #finance #government

There's no ex out there who I'm not friends with today, and I'm extremely thankful for that. ↗

— Taylor Lautner

#friends #i #out #thankful #today

...or because he got eighteen years when he should have gotten more.' 'Seventeen,' Gus corrected. 'I'm assuming you've got some time, you interrupting bastard. ↗

— John Green

#friendship #humor #death