#scar

China is more prosperous than before. The people have better lives but they are not happy and confident because the scars are still there. ↗

— Jung Chang

#before #better #china #confident #happy

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top. ↗

— John Keats

#come #i #i am #kick #scarcely

Prior to 'The Shield,' basic cable was just a wasteland of reruns and NASCAR. When we came along, I think there was a collective, 'Hey, if they can do that, why can't we?' from the basic-cable networks of the world. We ended up being the cornerstone for a network, and a great one. ↗

— Michael Chiklis

#basic #being #cable #came #collective

Being called ugly and fat and disgusting to look at from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has scarred me so deep inside that I have learned to hunt, stalk, claim, own and defend my own loveliness. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#being #called #claim #could #deep

Self-awareness is value-free. It isn't scary. It doesn't imply that you will subject yourself to needless pain. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#needless #pain #scary #self-awareness #subject

I think the Caribbean countries face rising oceans and they face increase in the severity of hurricanes. This is something that is very, very scary to all of us. The island states in the world represent - I remember this number - one-half of 1 percent of the carbon emissions in the world. And they will - some of them will disappear. ↗

— Steven Chu

#caribbean #countries #disappear #emissions #face

They make a humongous profit, but the people that work on the shows don't get paid a lot because they're working on the Oscars show. It's the biggest show in the world. ↗

— Bruce Vilanch

#biggest #get #lot #make #oscars

The Oscars are really nice, but the best part is that I had the opportunity to do that kind of work. ↗

— Sally Field

#best part #had #i #kind #nice

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#happiness #others #person #scarcely #tasting

History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood. ↗

— Eldridge Cleaver

#could #history #human #human blood #jot