#had

My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#divorce #dreams #drive #gave #grow

We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#bomb #brave #build #enough #fact

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#became #could #decided #done #finally

I went to school for special education. I always assumed when I had the opportunity I would love to try and help kids with disabilities. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#assumed #disabilities #education #had #help

I went to the Academy and studied with Stuck who was then a big man. But didn't interest me. I didn't know that before me there was Kandinsky and Klee who had also studied with Stuck. He had a good name at that time. ↗

— Josef Albers

#also #before #big #good #had

Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#detroit #generosity #goes #had #here

I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#america #arrived #asked #because #foreign

I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#government #had #hadn #hands-on #i

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#clothes #had #influence #instinct #magic

I was a child, and my mother was psychotic. She loved me, but I didn't really feel I had a mother. And when you live with somebody who is paranoid and thinks you're trying to kill them all the time, you tend to feel a little betrayed. ↗

— Alan Alda

#child #feel #had #i #kill