#rolling

True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is. ↗

— Ralph A. Cram

#controlling #failed #gained #influence #life

I often say fame is kind of like a drug or like sugar: when it's controlling you it doesn't feel good at all. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#fame #feel #feel good #good #i

We listened to a lot of Rolling Stones and Beatles records when we were recording. They were really good at not playing loud, but generating really big sounds out of everything. ↗

— Mike Lowry

#big #everything #generating #good #listened

I am also the product of a place called Paint Creek. Doesn't have a zip code. It's too small to be called a town along the rolling plains of Texas. We grew dryland cotton and wheat, and when I wasn't farming or attending Paint Creek Rural School, I was generally over at Troop 48 working on my Eagle Scout award. ↗

— Rick Perry

#also #am #attending #award #called

I don't care what political party is controlling China right now. All I know is we are all Chinese. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#china #chinese #controlling #i #know

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple. ↗

— Bill Shankly

#ball #based #controlling #football #game

To be called a sovereign nation, a nation has to be able to control its own borders. It is controlling your own destiny in a way, and we don't control our own borders. ↗

— Tom Tancredo

#borders #called #control #controlling #destiny

I got to play on a couple of records with the Rolling Stones, and that was really special to me. ↗

— Benmont Tench

#got #i #me #play #really

Women are controlled by men like a currency of the world. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#power #women-and-men #men

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration. ↗

— James Allen

#become #controlling #desire #dominant #great