#imp

In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#character #excellence #manner #simplicity #style

I got my degree. More importantly, I got a key to American opportunity. That's who we are - a nation that rewards ambition with opportunity. Where hard work can lead to success, no matter where you start. ↗

— Eva Longoria

#american #degree #got #hard #hard work

Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#building #changes #even #hundreds #improvement

It does not do to use it with forms whose origin is intimately bound up with a specific material simply because no technical difficulties stand in the way. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#bound #difficulties #does #forms #intimately

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else. ↗

— Jennifer Lopez

#call #diva #else #everybody #everybody else

Some people are naturally thin, and some are heavier. There is a lot of focus on it, and it can be a lot of pressure for people. But honestly, I think as long as someone is healthy, that is most important. ↗

— Jennifer Lopez

#healthy #heavier #honestly #i #i think

The simpler I keep things, the better I play. ↗

— Nancy Lopez

#i #keep #play #simpler #things

Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black writers are supposed to be, are condemned to silences in black literary circles that are as total and as destructive as any imposed by racism. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#any #black #circles #condemned #destructive

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#am #becomes #dare #i #i am

I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but just because the happy days were so habitual to me they made no impression upon my mind, and I can no longer recall them. ↗

— Pierre Loti

#because #careless #children #days #habitual