#mine

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#determine #help #how #key #metaphors

The literary culture, if you examine it, the high literary culture is that which preserves the government and you know it's really the talk for those who have. ↗

— Kathy Acker

#examine #government #high #know #literary

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to. ↗

— George Allen, Sr.

#achieve #because #determined #know #mediocre

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#age #antiquity #censure #eminent #escaping

I do reinvent old hits of mine and sort of give them a new life. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#hits #i #i do #life #mine

You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person? ↗

— Debbie Allen

#acting #basics #examine #feel #first

The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number. ↗

— Dave Barry

#biological #characteristics #color #determines #dna

Well, let me just say - I mean, I'm not a person who's going to vote for any of the potential Republican nominees for the presidency of the United States. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#going #i #just #me #mean

Eisenhower had the clearest blue eyes. He would fix them on you. In my every interview with him, he would lock his eyes on to mine and keep them there. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#blue eyes #clearest #eisenhower #every #eyes

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership. ↗

— Christiane Amanpour

#leadership #our #power #press #undermine