#rounded

Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by the sword, they were surrounded with a hoop of metal. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#covered #cut #generally #hoop #leather

You know, back in the 1950s and '60s, when J. Edgar Hoover was making the FBI the respected organization it used to be, oftentimes they would find a fugitive and basically have his house surrounded, and then put out a press release saying he was on the top 10 most wanted list. And 10 minutes later, he'd be arrested. ↗

— Howie Carr

#back #basically #edgar #fbi #find

Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me. ↗

— Dave Chappelle

#because #doing #going #i #know

The reality of marriage as the union of a mother and a father is grounded in our very biology. ↗

— Salvatore J. Cordileone

#father #grounded #marriage #mother #our

All the tribes tell the same story. They are surrounded on all sides, the game is destroyed or driven away; they are left to starve, and there remains but one thing for them to do - fight while they can. ↗

— George Crook

#destroyed #driven #fight #game #left

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows - and china. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#china #cows #entirely #ever #farm

My family truly believes they are better cooks than I am. They see me as Giada, not as a celebrity chef. To them I'm just me - their granddaughter, niece, etc., and they're older and wiser. I like that because it keeps you grounded. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

#because #believes #better #celebrity #chef

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#foreheads #fortune #give #luxury #read

My personal goals are to be happy, healthy and to be surrounded by loved ones. ↗

— Kiana Tom

#be happy #goals #happy #healthy #loved

Yoga has reinforced and grounded my own spiritual beliefs. ↗

— Christy Turlington

#grounded #my own #own #reinforced #spiritual