#prevented

Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work. ↗

— Rob Lowe

#beautiful #beautiful women #cast #casting #directors

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#action #been #few #foolish #many

Well, I like to think that my illness has prevented me from rising to any number of dizzy heights. ↗

— Christopher Monckton

#dizzy #heights #i #illness #like

Many injuries and deaths can be prevented through an understanding of the dangers of power lines, electrical appliances, extension cords, and lightning. ↗

— Richard Neal

#cords #dangers #deaths #electrical #extension

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

The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#cannot #corrected #delusions #intellectual #may

After I suffered a labral tear in my hip while playing soccer, I realized that many sports-related injuries can be prevented and I dedicated myself to helping young athletes learn more about injury prevention. ↗

— Cobi Jones

#after #athletes #dedicated #helping #hip

I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#had #i #passed #prevented #saw

There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#conversely #direct #evidence #known #nearly

The memory of my own suffering has prevented me from ever shadowing one young soul with the superstition of the Christian religion. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#christian religion #ever #me #memory #my own