#hip

We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#genuinely #had #leadership #military #period

World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#assume #because #been #began #british

I vowed I would do everything I could to stop the Isle of Man counting towards the world championship. And it was stopped, so they love me in the Isle of Man. ↗

— Barry Sheene

#could #counting #everything #i #isle

Finding the reason to live doesn't put you on top, it's the hardships faced in process that get you there. ↗

— Sachin Kumar Puli

#hardships #knowledge #learning #life #life

The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#better #better place #continues #dalai #dalai lama

I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appendage to a former production, and as it will be confined to such topics as have connection with my authorship alone, I can hardly accuse myself of a personal intrusion. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#accuse #alone #am #appear #appendage

Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#idol #naked #revenge #worship

The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate. ↗

— William Shenstone

#best #best time #cooperate #forcibly #frame

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. ↗

— Barbara Sher

#doing #imagining #leap #quantum #quantum leap

So, I was just a young guy, maybe with an idea, and Cecil Taylor, himself a rebel, would take a chance on a guy like me. It turned out to be a very symbiotic partnership. I learned a lot from him. ↗

— Archie Shepp

#chance #guy #him #himself #i