#serious

The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence. ↗

— Byron White

#complete #death #especially #finality #infecting

One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked me to marry her. She was serious. It was pretty funny. ↗

— Bryan White

#dress #funny #her #i #joke

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#bad #good #optimism #pretend #seriously

Since the heady days of the 2009 Inauguration, middle-class independents have grown increasingly distant from Obama. Working-class voters - always more enamored of Clinton - have grown even more wary and distrustful of the Chicagoan. Both voting blocs pose the danger of serious defection in 2012. Without their support, Obama cannot win. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#blocs #both #cannot #clinton #danger

He explained how ridiculous the clowning was, and there and then I decided to settle down and play seriously. ↗

— Mary Lou Williams

#decided #down #explained #how #i

I think that's my personality, to have a good laugh and not to take myself too seriously. And of course I have my things on the court but when I'm off the court I just like to have fun. ↗

— Caroline Wozniacki

#court #fun #good #good laugh #have fun

My first job is big sister and I take that very seriously. ↗

— Venus Williams

#first #i #job #seriously #sister

In the future, when we get serious about executing things correctly, this thing will be very easy to do. If we find out that this technique does not work, I don't intend to step on dead bodies to achieve something because I don't have that kind of ambition. My ambition is to help people. ↗

— Panayiotis Zavos

#achieve #ambition #because #bodies #correctly

You don't have to take yourself so seriously all the time. ↗

— Evan Rachel Wood

#take #time #you #yourself

There is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly serious and you do not play them to enjoy yourself. ↗

— Maurice Baring

#deadly #difference #enjoy #fun #games