#lis

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie. ↗

— Mark Twain

#boy #commonest #could #even #george

I've always said, 'I am a selector, I am not defector' - the first few phrases in English I learned. I said I hate 'defector'; something defective about the people. It's a bad word. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#always #am #bad #defective #english

When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#i #just #listening #music #npr

Good art wounds as well as delights. It must, because our defenses against the truth are wound so tightly around us. But as art chips away at our defenses, it also opens us to healing potentialities that transcend intellectual games and ego-preserving strategies. ↗

— Rollo May

#beauty #existentialism #art

Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#careful #crazy #lot #me #past

It became very clear to the director that it would be foolish not to use our friendship. I had tried to talk to him about it because all the relationships in the film are so, not negative, but antagonistic. There's not a lot of love going around. ↗

— Jennifer Beals

#antagonistic #around #became #because #clear

Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There's an inherent goodness in most people. Don't pre-judge people - that was me Mam's advice anyway. ↗

— Sean Bean

#anyway #find #goodness #inherent #listen

The American people expect more from Congress. They expect fiscal responsibility and common sense. They expect us to return to the pay-as-you-go budget rules that we had enacted in the past that helped us establish a surplus, however briefly. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#american people #briefly #budget #common #common sense

To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the ability of people who are not rich to organize and to accomplish things together. ↗

— Warren Beatty

#accomplish #denigrate #his way #movement #organize

My own nature hovers between neurotic and paranoid. I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day. ↗

— Martha Beck

#between #day #developed #every #every day