#serious

Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#deal #scary #scary thing #seriously #thing

The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#deal #determined #frightening #going #instances

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#american culture #appreciation #artists #athletes #community

Maxwell is serious, dedicated, awkward, forgetful, pompous to a certain degree, sentimental. ↗

— Don Adams

#certain #certain degree #dedicated #degree #forgetful

As long as your intention is pure, and you know what you're in it for, then you're alright. And I'm in it because I enjoy it. I take it seriously... real seriously. I mean I could sit and talk all day about the music. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#all day #alright #because #could #day

We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#cannot #directed #done #employing #forced

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.' ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#begin #conversations #heads #i #like

While awaiting sentencing, I decided to give stand-up comedy a shot. The judge had suggested I get my act together, and I took him seriously. ↗

— Tim Allen

#awaiting #comedy #decided #get #give

The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult to the readership. I get a little angry when people try to say such a thing. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#books #fact #get #great #i

Seriously, I like to wear hats so I don't get super tan. You have to protect the face. ↗

— Alessandra Ambrosio

#get #hats #i #like #protect