#ling

Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more. ↗

— Ossie Davis

#battling #even #evil #gives #more

Forget the garden rake. Remember that time you dived over the desk at that guy in moot court? Had him by the throat in two seconds flat, that's what I heard." "You heard wrong." "And they suspended you for how long?" Antonia innocently asked. "A day. And I apologized. Actually I crawled like a slug and ate dirt," Bree said ruefully. "But that was years ago, and have I pulled a stunt like that again? No, I have not. ↗

— Mary Stanton

#groveling #hot-temper #lawyer #school #sisters

We're making this as entertainment. But God willing, if this show stays on and people see a woman in that office for a while, I think it will help people become more used to it. It's certainly about time that we had a few female presidents. ↗

— Geena Davis

#become #certainly #entertainment #female #few

I would never describe Charlotte as a prude - maybe at the start, but that was in comparison to the other girls. She wasn't willing to do the stuff they were doing - and I mean, thank goodness! ↗

— Kristin Davis

#comparison #describe #doing #goodness #i

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world. ↗

— Peter Davison

#coming #constantly #daunting #dealing #does

But there is some way in which poets believe that and this is dangerous, too believe that their calling gives them a certain freedom. A certain freedom to live in a free way. ↗

— Peter Davison

#calling #certain #dangerous #free #freedom

I'm so glad I'm not a dentist. How many times does someone say, 'Oh, Doc, it felt so good when you were drilling my teeth'? Never. But when you give someone a wonderful cookie, you put a little of yourself in, and you see someone's face light up - that's immediate approval. ↗

— Paula Deen

#cookie #dentist #does #drilling #face

Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home. ↗

— Cameron Diaz

#being #believe #come #country #foreign

I like to have my hand on every single plate that goes out. It's really a good feeling when someone compliments your meal, and you had everything to do with making it. It's very rewarding. ↗

— Bill Dickey

#every #everything #feeling #goes #good

The statements of four witnesses of unquestioned integrity, traveling with me that day, attest that such comments were never made and confirm that it simply did not happen. ↗

— Paul Crouch

#comments #confirm #day #did #four