#sever

In the House, Republican prospects have been buoyed by several successful rounds of redistricting, which have sharply reduced the number of competitive seats and given the Republicans a national advantage of at least a dozen seats. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#been #competitive #dozen #given #house

A 41-inch bust and a lot of perseverance will get you more than a cup of coffee - a lot more. ↗

— Jayne Mansfield

#coffee #cup #get #lot #more

I think that's unjustified criticism. We have had a number of measures in place in this country for several years to mitigate the possibility of mad cow spreading in this country. We have found a single case. ↗

— Ann Veneman

#country #cow #criticism #found #had

Having designed and built several clocks during my career it suddenly occurred to me that when you look at the face of a clock both hands have the same center. ↗

— Kit Williams

#built #career #center #clock #clocks

And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on consignment. ↗

— Beatrice Wood

#because #galleries #had #i #leave

I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver. ↗

— Chely Wright

#bass player #bus #bus driver #dad #driver

Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I put several things and ideas together, and perhaps, when I have finished, it could show the future. ↗

— H. R. Giger

#finished #future #i #ideas #maybe

When I was 17, I went to India for six weeks and had what, at the time, was a very challenging trip. You walk down the street and you see lepers and beggars, and there were several of us, a group of Americans. I remember we were just trying to park one night somewhere and people were just sleeping in the parking lot. ↗

— Chris Hughes

#challenging #down #group #had #i

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#secret #triumphs

Several excuses are always less convincing than one. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#convincing #excuses #less #several #than