#rage

It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed. ↗

— Norman Lear

#average #before #cared #caring #could

It takes great courage to open one's heart and mind to the tremendous injustice and suffering in our world. ↗

— Vincent A. Gallagher

#humanity #injustice #suffering #courage

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would like it enough to give me encouragement. ↗

— Harper Lee

#encouragement #enough #expected #give #give me

I don't think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud of who I am and be feminine out on the court. I think I would have folded to the peer pressure if I didn't have my mom to encourage me to be me and be proud of how tall I am. ↗

— Lisa Leslie

#am #been #court #encourage #feminine

Right now I'm 185, which is really good for me yet very hard for me to maintain. My weight seems high for the average woman, but I've got big bones and I'm maintaining muscle. ↗

— Lisa Leslie

#average woman #big #bones #good #got

Some of the money going to the rookies can now be spent on people who have proved their worth. After all, the average playing life of a pro football player is about eight years and it is only fitting that the veterans get something for their efforts. ↗

— Bob Lilly

#after #average #ball player #efforts #eight

Americans were outraged and horrified by this president's reckless spending and his endless assaults on the Constitution, but no issue drove them to rise up and fight back like Obamacare - both the abominable legislative monstrosity itself and the tyrannical, corrupt manner by which Obama crammed it through the legislative process. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#back #both #constitution #corrupt #crammed

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#being #business #compromise #discourage #enough

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ↗

— Nicholas M. Butler

#also #courage #essential #foundation #optimism

I want children to be glued to interactive books that encourage singing and dancing. I feel when kids work together it brings about a different energy. ↗

— Lisa Loeb

#books #brings #children #dancing #different