#known

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#become #cannot #close #exercise #governments

Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#begins #cause #confidence #creates #downward

I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to enter Africa was soon known all over Zanzibar. ↗

— Henry Morton Stanley

#africa #american #enter #even #fact

A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#animal #anymore #been #cross #dare

To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel. ↗

— David Alan Grier

#feel #good #honestly #how #i

No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger. ↗

— Rainer Maria Rilke

#artist #been #danger #ever #great

I don't want to be known as the Aerosmith chick, but it's fun to put on the boots and makeup and act like a tough girl. ↗

— Alicia Silverstone

#aerosmith #boots #chick #fun #girl

There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem issues. ↗

— Kenneth Lay

#issues #previously #problem #reserve #trading

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#good #good things #i #i am #known

Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#art #article #artistic #beauty #character