#rage

I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#being #famous #got #heavier #i

Dark circles under my eyes sink deeper and deeper into my skull, in contrast to my pale skin there is an undeniable resemblance to a fresh corpse. ↗

— Dee Remy

#dying #ego #exhaustion #image #life

Always be true to yourself and follow your dreams! ↗

— LaDonna M. Cook

#inspirational-quotes #motivation #dreams

Something about Bekka and Haylee reminded her of Candace's line between ingenious and insane. Ingenuity inspired their dreams, and insanity gave them the courage to pursue them. It was something Melody wanted for herself. ↗

— Lisi Harrison

#dreams #genius #goals #courage

Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#because #comes #confidence #considerable #constituency

I have the courage of my convictions. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#courage #i

I believe that we parents must encourage our children to become educated, so they can get into a good college that we cannot afford. ↗

— Dave Barry

#afford #become #believe #cannot #children

. . . and what are you exactly, my friend? Their subordinate? Their employee? Or, I would suggest, their equal? That's what young Karl would certainly have said, and probably still does. Unless he's no longer alive.' Dodger gave Solomon and strange look and Solomon hastened to clarify. "'Mmmm, as I recall, if you go around telling people that they are downtrodden, you tend to make two separate enemies: the people who are doing the downtreading and have no intention of stopping, and the people who are downtrodden, but nevertheless -- people being who they are -- don't want to know. They can get quite nasty about it.' (205) ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#equality #rage-against-the-machine #revolution #equality

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. ↗

— Mark Twain

#courage #curious #moral #moral courage #physical

Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. ↗

— Ethel Barrymore

#difficulties #discouragements #doubts #failures #false