#rely

The problem for me, still today, is that I write purely with one dramatic structure and that is the rite of passage. I'm not really skilled in any other. Rock and roll itself can be described as music to accompany the rite of passage. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#any #described #dramatic #i #i write

Thresholds of pain, indignity and incapacity are entirely personal. ↗

— Polly Toynbee

#incapacity #indignity #pain #personal

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#beyond #challenges #contending #grow #handle

In rating ease of description as very important, we are essentially asserting a belief in quantitative knowledge - a belief that most of the key questions in our world sooner or later demand answers to 'by how much?' rather than merely to 'in which direction?' ↗

— John Tuley

#asserting #belief #demand #description #direction

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. ↗

— Samuel Ullman

#deserting #enthusiasm #give #grow #grows

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary. ↗

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

#adversary #against #deterrent #meant #nuclear

Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them. ↗

— Amy Vanderbilt

#exhibit #feel #good #good manners #make

The government wants to control the banks, just as it now controls GM and Chrysler, and will surely control the health industry in the not-too-distant future. Keeping them TARP-stuffed is the key to control. ↗

— Stuart Varney

#chrysler #control #controls #future #gm

One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate all but the most die-hard fans. ↗

— Boris Vian

#anything #ends #failing #fans #good

I symbolized doping... My phone rarely rings. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of riders who call me. ↗

— Richard Virenque

#count #doping #fingers #hand #i