#of

Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate. ↗

— Olympia Brown

#circumstances #constitute #decree #fate #fortuitous

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts. ↗

— William Wells Brown

#chance #demand #efforts #heels #him

We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit. ↗

— Tom Brown, Jr.

#attack #be patient #because #cleverness #courage

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#bush #common #crammed #earth #every

U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits. ↗

— John Bruton

#european #foreign #global #half #market

I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place. ↗

— Kobe Bryant

#ankle #because #before #broken #during

I have been offered a lot for my work, but never everything. ↗

— Yul Brynner

#everything #i #lot #never #offered

When I grow up, maybe I will be the first one to circle the sea. Or maybe I will just spend all my day doing everything my way. Maybe I will be in a world of my own I just hope not alone. I just know that whatever I do I will never, ever forget about you. ↗

— Oliver Neubert

#avid-reader #coming-of-age #fable #female-protagonist #life-skills

But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us. ↗

— Lindsey Buckingham

#back #down #felt #getting #give

In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#analysis #believe #breach #cannot #continue