#here

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it. ↗

— George Washington

#distinguished #first #force #greater #instances

I'm here not just as an actress but as a woman, an African-American, a granddaughter of Ellis Island immigrants, a person who could not have afforded college without the help of student loans and as one of millions of volunteers working to re-elect President Obama! ↗

— Kerry Washington

#afforded #african-american #college #could #ellis

Making the unbelievable believable is different on a set with 'Fantastic Four,' where it's like, 'Wind machines! Because the airship is coming in and you're pretending to be afraid!' ↗

— Kerry Washington

#because #believable #coming #different #fantastic

I don't know where my first gold medal is. ↗

— Shaun White

#gold #gold medal #i #know #medal

The jobs I enjoy most are the ones where I never feel like I'm performing. I'm just feeling things. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#feel #feeling #i #jobs #just

With both acting and ballet, often you can't just choose when you do it, whereas a painter can go at his own pace. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#ballet #both #choose #go #his

You never choose the way that you're raised, it's just the way that you were raised, but you do get to a certain age where you're in a position to question the expectations of you and the way that you've been formed by your surroundings. ↗

— Mia Wasikowska

#been #certain #certain age #choose #expectations

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents. ↗

— Wendy Wasserstein

#being #big #children #curve #grownup

I think that's where reality TV works - you don't know where it's going. ↗

— Pete Waterman

#i #i think #know #reality #reality tv

Reality TV is here, it's been here really since the Carol Levis Discovery Show in 1957. It's never changed. It just looks a bit different. ↗

— Pete Waterman

#bit #carol #changed #different #discovery