#fifteen

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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I've been sober for two-and-a-half years, My children are happy. In August, my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#august #back #band #been #celebrate

It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly. ↗

— Joan of Arc

#city #days #duke #end #enter

At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#beginning #casting #dross #everything #fifteen

When some guy shows up with a shopping bag full of records and CD's and wants me to sign every one plus fifteen pieces of blank paper I wonder what the hell is he doing with all of that? ↗

— Jimmy Carl Black

#blank #blank paper #cd #doing #every

Very good wine was bought at ten pounds per pipe, the contract price; but the superior quality was fifteen pounds; and some of this was not much inferior to the best London Madeira. ↗

— William Bligh

#bought #contract #fifteen #good #inferior

In junior high school, I was an object of pure ridicule for my dress, withdrawal, and asocial manner. Dozens of times, I saw individuals laugh and smile more in ten to fifteen minutes than I did in all my life up to then. ↗

— Arthur Bremer

#dozens #dress #fifteen #fifteen minutes #high

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years. ↗

— Adrien Brody

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To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell. ↗

— Will Carleton

#fifteen #fifteen minutes #good #heaven #hell

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. ↗

— Willa Cather

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