#hers

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong, who will protect us? If they are not imperfect, how can we equal them? ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#children #clear #enumerate #equal #even

I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers. ↗

— Nancy Reagan

#cell #cell research #fulfill #i #make

One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must. ↗

— B. Carroll Reece

#hard #harder #himself #his #likely

I think any time people behave in a way that's truly them, then they'll never fail. You get in trouble when you try to copy others. ↗

— Gabrielle Reece

#behave #copy #fail #get #i

My mom can't defend herself to the world. She is such an amazing woman, with such an open heart. It's a real hard line, and I crossed it. I took everyone's life story and assumed it would be a great thing to put on screen. I was being selfish and I feel so horrible about it. I feel so guilty. ↗

— Nikki Reed

#amazing #assumed #being #being selfish #crossed

My father was a police officer before he retired. One of my brothers is also a police officer, and I think they kind of expected I would do something along those lines, like become a fireman or something. ↗

— Ryan Reynolds

#also #become #before #brothers #expected

One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us. ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#belonged #considered #countries #drove #effect

And conservatives know that if you reject these principles of limited government and urge others to reject them you can be my ally, you can be my friend but you cannot call yourself a conservative. ↗

— Mike Pence

#call #cannot #conservative #conservatives #friend

To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#necessary #oneself #others #pathetic

I'm a different person off the court than I am on the court, where I'm very competitive, a perfectionist, and I can be hard on myself sometimes. Off the court, nothing really bothers me. I'm easy-going. ↗

— Mary Pierce

#bothers #competitive #court #different #different person