#lacked

Washington's answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The 'fiscal cliff' process was secretive and sloppy, and the nation's so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#answer #class #cliff #courage #crisis

I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's what Yeats called the fascination with what's difficult. I'm only trying to do what I can't do. ↗

— Lucian Freud

#bacon #called #difficult #fascination #felt

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#career #distinction #each #experience #hold

What I've always lacked is a really strong band to back me up. ↗

— Mick Taylor

#back #band #i #lacked #me

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage. ↗

— Clay Aiken

#achieve #courage #dreams #i #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