#fore

Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefore more accessible for women. But the very form of stand-up is masculine. ↗

— Kate Clinton

#because #cheaper #drawn #form #lesbians

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born. ↗

— Mary Cheney

#because #before #being #born #dad

Before 1980, it was basically illegal for U.S. banks to invent new products. ↗

— Scott Cook

#basically #before #illegal #invent #new

I'm trying to learn, as I'm in my 40s, to embrace what I've been able to achieve and be proud of it. And I know there's roles that I will want to play before I die, but I'm still just taking one day at a time. ↗

— Kristin Chenoweth

#achieve #been #before #day #die

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully. ↗

— Victor Cherbuliez

#cheerfully #detail #ease #foresight #habit

I was once stranded on a broken-down boat in shark-infested waters in the middle of the Indian Ocean for five days before we were rescued while doing a 'Vogue' shoot. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#boat #days #doing #five #i

I do not understand where the idea came from that opera is only for privileged people, I am as happy singing before 70,000 people at the Millennium Stadium, as I am in front of a few hundred in a small concert hall. ↗

— Katherine Jenkins

#before #came #concert #concert hall #few

I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already. ↗

— Helen Fielding

#always #before #books #close #close friends

Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#because #character #discovery #draw #feel

If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean. ↗

— Henry Clay

#avoid #better #collision #foreign #had