#lives

Sometimes we look for those thunderous things to happen in our life for our lives to change or go in the other direction. We seek the miracle. We seek the parting of the seas, the moving of the mountains. But no, it's a quiet thing. At least for me it was. ↗

— Ben Vereen

#direction #go #happen #least #life

But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#does #enrich #equal #forms #get

Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the fact that someday their lives will end. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#creatures #earth #end #fact #humans

More than 55,000 men from Bomber Command lost their lives, of whom 38,000 were British. That's one in 10 of all the British servicemen lost in the Second World War. It beggars belief that there has not been some recognition for what they gave until now. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#beggars #belief #bomber #british #command

We all have, in my family, what we call the 'Vorderman bottom' - a sticky out, bigger-than-normal, signature, of the rear variety. It's been a family joke all our lives - even my lovely brother has one. I know the lines to all the good singalong big bum songs. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#big #bottom #brother #bum #call

If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#hands #immediately #information #lives #often

I have a deep conviction that our lives are eternal, that it is waking and sleeping, that we are born together with the people we love lifetime after lifetime. ↗

— Marcia Wallace

#born #conviction #deep #deep conviction #eternal

Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today.That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans. ↗

— Scott Walker

#because #confidence #did #extraordinary #forward

Every man dies. Not every man really lives. ↗

— William Wallace

#dies #every #every man #lives #man

I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity. ↗

— Vera Wang

#book #both #creativity #define #dresses