#ions

I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century. ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

#century #convinced #development #i #i am

Lots of people have objections to prizes of all types, and it would be extraordinary if everybody agreed on anything that's worthwhile - they never do. ↗

— Kate Mosse

#anything #everybody #extraordinary #lots #never

I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous elaborator of things into comic proportions and extravagant in her imagination. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#amusing #beautiful #comic #deeply #even

As set forth by theologians, the idea of 'God' is an argument that assumes its own conclusions, and proves nothing. ↗

— Johann Most

#assumes #conclusions #forth #god #idea

Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting. ↗

— Ellen Terry

#foundations #good #good acting #pace #vary

I wanted to reimagine the role, in a way that was respectful of its traditional responsibilities but made them part of a wider pattern of poetry about national incidents, events, preoccupations; and to spend a great deal of time going to schools trying to demystify poetry. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#deal #events #going #great #great deal

In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#believed #difficult #discovered #high #high school

For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#century #form #full #longer #nations

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions. ↗

— Lord Mountbatten

#confidence #decisions #implicit #should #team

At the very least we should be given a bit of credit and a little bit of space, and maybe the media should think we could help them discover why English teams do not win European competitions. ↗

— Jose Mourinho

#competitions #could #credit #discover #english