#hit

Bananarama were written off from day one. Nobody believed in us but us. We kept having hits despite the record company, despite the press. ↗

— Siobhan Fahey

#company #day #despite #having #hits

Although becoming a singer was my plan A after first hearing Whitney Houston when I was 17, I started off with plan B by going to the teacher-training college that my dad went to. It was a slow coming of age. ↗

— Toni Braxton

#age #although #becoming #college #coming

Architecture is politics. ↗

— Mitchell Kapor

#politics

My father cared a lot about me, but he never gave me the satisfaction of really knowing it. Hitting .390 wasn't enough for him. Nothing seemed to be. He was not trying to be mean. He was just seeing to it that I never got self-satisfied, that I worked hard to get the most out of what I had. ↗

— George Brett

#cared #enough #father #gave #get

The admirals of his majesty's fleet are classed into three squadrons, viz. the red, the white, and the blue. ↗

— William Falconer

#classed #fleet #his #into #majesty

He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity. ↗

— Nick Faldo

#ball #elasticity #getting #great #his

If it turns out to be a hit, well, good luck dealing with fame. And if it's not a hit and you can still survive and make music you believe in, well, then you're truly blessed. I think that's where we are now. ↗

— Edie Brickell

#blessed #dealing #fame #good #good luck

Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. ↗

— Jimmy Fallon

#hit #important #just #listening #mark

Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying. ↗

— Jimmy Fallon

#hit #important #just #listen #listening

The women's movement hit my neighborhood like a freight train. Everybody got divorced. You wonder what would have happened to women if the suburbs hadn't been built. ↗

— Susan Faludi

#built #divorced #everybody #freight #got