#fort

We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#consistent #country #efforts #honor #institutions

There is no one right now in my judgment that can unite the Black electorate in such a way to present our agenda to a nominee to have them forthrightly address our concerns. ↗

— Louis Farrakhan

#agenda #black #concerns #electorate #forthrightly

The sea always offers up incredible stories of survivors' fortitude. Myths of a lot of countries have variations on that. ↗

— Colin Farrell

#countries #fortitude #incredible #lot #myths

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face. ↗

— Billie Burke

#forty #her #make #make up #mind

My legacy would be that you don't have to give up anything. You can be chic but have a sense of humor, you can be sexy but comfortable, you can be timeless but fresh. ↗

— Michael Kors

#chic #comfortable #fresh #give #humor

I knew that if I wrote a new book every six months or every year, if I continued to read great books, eventually I would write something worthy of publication. I understood I might be in my forties or my fifties or even my sixties, but I felt confident that it would happen. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#books #confident #continued #even #eventually

Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or tension, they won't go out on a limb because they won't want to embarrass themselves if they don't feel completely comfortable. ↗

— Peter Farrelly

#comfortable #completely #confidence #different #different things

Having spent a number of my younger years with trade-union parents attending NUT annual conferences, I feel comfortable with an agenda in my hand and a procedural format for debate. ↗

— Saffron Burrows

#annual #attending #comfortable #conferences #debate

I'm always interested in trying to investigate different personalities. I want to keep myself guessing and keep the fear element alive, so that I don't get too comfortable. ↗

— Michael Fassbender

#always #comfortable #different #different personalities #element

She loses 50 pounds in the film, and goes from fairly sane to totally out of her mind. So for the first part of the film I was wearing a 40 pound fat suit, which is very, very uncomfortable. But the worst part was the neck. ↗

— Ellen Burstyn

#fat #film #first #goes #her