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In the best days of our republic Americans were fiercely proud of the fact that rich and poor met on such equal terms in so many ways, and without the slightest trace of hostility. ↗

— Robert Welch

#days #equal #fact #fiercely #hostility

I played a Spaniard. I looked about as Spanish as any other fair-skinned German. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#any #german #i #looked #other

At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable. ↗

— Orson Welles

#many #permanent #solid #things #twenty-one

I got very cross with the term, kitchen sink. It just meant that you invaded different kinds of houses, where it was very difficult to avoid kitchen sink. ↗

— Timothy West

#cross #different #different kinds #difficult #got

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#fascinating #income #permanent #than

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#any #appear #care #context #courage

I fear a permanent Confederation will never be settled; tho the most material articles are I think got thro', so as to give great offence to some, but to my Satisfaction. ↗

— William Whipple

#confederation #fear #give #got #great

General Howe turned out some German wild boars and sows in his forests, to the great terror of the neighbourhood; and, at one time, a wild bull or buffalo: but the country rose upon them and destroyed them. ↗

— Gilbert White

#bull #country #destroyed #forests #general

We have had a very severe frost and deep snow this month. My thermometer was one day fourteen degrees and a half below the freezing point, within doors. ↗

— Gilbert White

#day #deep #degrees #doors #fourteen

Having all eyes on me at all times is hard to deal with, but it's great. It feels like you've already accomplished something. It's already predetermined that you're going to do well. ↗

— Shaun White

#already #deal #eyes #feels #going