#lacked

I admired in others the strength that I lacked myself. ↗

— Georg Brandes

#i #lacked #myself #others #strength

It's incredible considering the public perception that he was tight fisted and he was more than prudent, and lacked ambition to take Tottenham to where the fans wanted them to be. ↗

— Alan Hansen

#considering #fans #incredible #lacked #more

The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

#any #because #could #cultivation #draft

John Henry Newman was as English as roast beef, even if he lacked a passion for cricket. ↗

— Clifford Longley

#cricket #english #even #henry #john

I was happy, I wasn't beaten, and I lacked nothing. But it wasn't what people expect - it was very much sort of pinching and scraping. I don't know how my mother did it. ↗

— Kristin Scott Thomas

#did #expect #happy #how #i

Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior. ↗

— Henry Ossawa Tanner

#artists #big #big heart #comic #dwells

And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume. ↗

— Hedda Hopper

#made #quality #singing #up #voice

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep. ↗

— Elizabeth II

#because #colonies #impossible #keep #know

What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked 'a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind? ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#around #aside #because #comforting #enact

I had been thinking for a while about how bored and tired I was of playing straight-down-the-middle everymanish characters that have what I call white guy problems. And I missed playing characters who lacked dignity and more importantly, lacked social skills. ↗

— Justin Long

#been #bored #call #characters #dignity