#par

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement. ↗

— Florence Scovel Shinn

#achievement #apparent #apparent failure #been #before

I think paranoia can be instructive in the right doses. Paranoia is a skill. ↗

— John Shirley

#i #i think #instructive #paranoia #right

The irony of that is, what makes it kind of ironic, is when you do become successful as a professional athlete in particular, a lot of the young children who are emulating these stars do have a different perspective. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#become #children #different #different perspective #ironic

The election result is not a victory that belongs to me or my party. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#election #me #party #result #victory

Imogene always sits on the remote. It’s probably wedged between her butt cheeks.” “Should I go get a crowbar? ↗

— Kirsten Miller

#paranormal-romance #funny

You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared. ↗

— Beanie Sigel

#always #be prepared #everything #gotta #hour

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork. ↗

— Igor Sikorsky

#ahead #even #individual #mankind #more

So right off, I'm going to have to say that a lot of people have been comparing Life Is Killing Me to World Coming Down, and I think a lot of those people equate art and sales figures, and I don't do that. ↗

— Josh Silver

#been #coming #comparing #down #equate

They've got great parents; I'm just trying to be the fun uncle. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#got #great #i #just #parents

It was pure guesswork on my part back in 1979 as to whether I would have the stamina to write, pencil, ink, letter, tone, and fill the back of a monthly comic book for 26 years. ↗

— Dave Sim

#book #comic #comic book #fill #i