#orr

Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good? ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#correct #good #passions #weakening #why

The preparations for my new voyage prevented the possiblity of my paying that attention to the correction of my errors, that I should otherwise have done. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#correction #done #errors #i #new

Worry is a useless mulling over of things we cannot change. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

#change #over #things #useless #we cannot

I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there! ↗

— Camille Pissarro

#always #canvas #fear #finding #had

My parents didn't give me any scope to feel sorry for myself. They were just like 'go play with your brother, go climb a tree, go fall off your motorbike, do whatever you want. Don't come crying to us when you get scratched. You've got prosthetic legs - that's very nice.' ↗

— Oscar Pistorius

#brother #climb #come #crying #fall

By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme poverty. By this time tomorrow evening, another 30,000. This does not make sense. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#because #by the time #concert #died #does

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. ↗

— William Pitt

#corrupts #possessor #power corrupts #unlimited #unlimited power

All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money. ↗

— Dana Plato

#ever #freedom #freedom from #had #happier

I think the whole nerves thing comes into play when we worry about what other people and society will think. ↗

— Dana Plato

#comes #i #i think #into #nerves

At this point in my career, it doesn't bother me much that I'm probably hopelessly typecast. I like to work, and horror films definitely keep me working. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#career #definitely #films #hopelessly #horror