#given

There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born with, then what are you going to do your whole life? We keep thinking up new things and finding better ways of doing things because we're not happy with what we're given. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#because #better #better ways #born #doing

He would use amphetamines to stay awake because he would have late night maneuvers that would go way into the early morning hours and he was given pills to stay up for the long hours. ↗

— Priscilla Presley

#because #early #early morning #given #go

We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins. ↗

— Joseph Prince

#bore #christ #forgiven #good #our

Acting has given me a way to channel my angst. I feel like an overweight, pimply faced kid a lot of the time - and finding a way to access that insecurity, and put it toward something creative is incredibly rewarding. I feel very lucky. ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

#acting #angst #channel #creative #faced

Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression. ↗

— Eleanor Roosevelt

#bodies #completely #decisions #dominated #expression

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#afterwards #blood #country #deal #enough

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility. ↗

— John Rowland

#am #around #ask #attention #connecticut

It took me a while to figure that out and to realize what a gift that I had been given. And when I finally did, I dedicated myself to be the best pitcher I possibly could be, for as long as I possibly could be. ↗

— Nolan Ryan

#best #could #dedicated #did #figure

You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you. ↗

— Charlize Theron

#great #only #opportunities #you

I think people should be given a test much like driver's tests as to whether they're capable of being parents! It's an art form. I talk a lot. And I think a lot. And I draw a lot. But never in a million years would I have been a parent. That's just work that's too hard. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#art form #been #being #capable #draw