#she

My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#daughter #distinguished #hon #john #lawyer

To play June, I had an immediate connect with her background and culture. We grew up with the same religion and shared a lot of the same values of family and spirituality. But I was really so inspired by what a modern woman she was. ↗

— Reese Witherspoon

#connect #culture #family #grew #had

I compose my own stuff. I've been writing songs with words. I've been playing more on the keyboard because I can transpose it to sheet music on the computer. ↗

— Alicia Witt

#been #compose #computer #i #i can

It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim. ↗

— Dick Wolf

#behind #grim #like #locals #movie

Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#being #book #first #found #i

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#into #light #previously #shedding #slowed

I had a woman breakdown and cry when she met me which was difficult to deal with because immediately when someone starts to cry, you want to comfort them, you know, "Poor thing." I comforted her. I tried to make her feel better. ↗

— Elijah Wood

#better #breakdown #comfort #comforted #cry

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability. ↗

— John Wooden

#accomplished #measure #should #you #your

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. ↗

— John Wooden

#against #art #be true #bible #blessings

My mother was right when she said that turning pro would take away my youth. ↗

— Tiger Woods

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