#keeps

An American, a Negro... two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. ↗

— W. E. B. Du Bois

#american #asunder #being #body #dark

Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving. ↗

— Erma Bombeck

#gift #giving #guilt #keeps

It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground. ↗

— James H. Boren

#ground #hard #his #keeps #leader

Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work. ↗

— Kevin Eubanks

#good #good luck #good work #hard #hard work

Variety is very, very good. Going from medium to medium, if you get the chance to do it, from theater to television to film, which are all distinctly different, keeps me sharp. What works in one doesn't work in the other, and you have to be looking for the truth of the performance, whatever way that medium might demand. ↗

— Kenneth Branagh

#demand #different #distinctly #film #get

Rebellion is the only thing that keeps you alive! ↗

— Marianne Faithfull

#keeps #only #rebellion #the only thing #thing

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing. ↗

— Lou Brock

#competition #goals #i #keeps #me

That's one strength that Stevie has. She's really not a strong instrumentalist in any way. Her instrument is her voice and her words. And it keeps her focused on the very center of that. ↗

— Lindsey Buckingham

#center #focused #her #instrument #instrumentalist

Working in front of the camera keeps me alive. ↗

— Chow Yun-Fat

#camera #front #keeps #me #working

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#extinguished #heart #keeps #minds #moderation