#far

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#american #american dream #anyone #because #being

'Portnoy's Complaint' was very far out there, and movies have always worked when you have either a funny situation between two or more people or a very dramatic situation. There's not that much difference. ↗

— Richard D. Zanuck

#between #complaint #difference #dramatic #either

I want to increase our spending on research and development by 25%. That's something the U.S. does very well. That dynamism alongside a welfare state in the European community - that's the synthesis I want to achieve. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#alongside #community #development #does #dynamism

In football, the hero and legend status is given out far too easily for me. ↗

— Steven Gerrard

#far #football #given #hero #legend

I had dreams, but I didn't have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched. ↗

— Greta Gerwig

#far-fetched #had #i #necessarily #out

The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body. ↗

— Stan Getz

#body #challenge #especially #far #goes

It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#earth #far #round #see #too

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#awe-inspiring #clearly #far #far away #friend

I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#anyone #as far as #continue #depended #far

Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors. ↗

— Frank Gifford

#football #like #nuclear #only #pro