#lot

There are a lot of stats and a strong correlation between dropout rates and crime as well as poverty. ↗

— Cedric Richmond

#correlation #crime #lot #poverty #rates

I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot. ↗

— Natasha Richardson

#am #areas #believed #close #dad

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps. ↗

— Sally Ride

#collect #hiking #i #i do #lot

I think that has been a benefit to me because I think most people understand quilts and not a lot of people understand paintings. But yet they're looking at one. ↗

— Faith Ringgold

#been #benefit #i #i think #looking

I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because Scarlett is not my kind of person. She's virtually illiterate, has no taste, never learns from her mistakes. ↗

— Alexandra Ripley

#because #began #had #her #i

Fighter pilot is an attitude. It is cockiness. It is aggressiveness. It is self-confidence. It is a streak of rebelliousness, and it is competitiveness. But there's something else - there's a spark. There's a desire to be good. To do well; in the eyes of your peers, and in your own mind. ↗

— Robin Olds

#flying #attitude

I think it's a good thing to have a lot of voices in the media, and I think, you know, let all flowers bloom. ↗

— Cokie Roberts

#bloom #flowers #good #good thing #i

A child's hope is that your father comes riding in on that white stallion and saves them. You can't make somebody love you the way you want them to love you, it's not a Leave it to Beaver type world. This isn't television. Life's a lot more cruel than that. ↗

— Jake Roberts

#child #comes #cruel #father #hope

When you've got four people to get dressed to get out the door you don't really spend a lot of time on yourself. But that's the way I roll anyway. I was never one to do my hair and make-up just to go to the market, so it's not that much different. If I get a little eye cream on, I feel I'm ahead of myself. ↗

— Julia Roberts

#anyway #cream #different #door #dressed

I’m sorry about this,' she said to the dead woman, 'but I’m gonna need your clothes. ↗

— Jacques Antoine

#death #espionage-thriller #martial-arts #wuxia #art