#som

We might all place ourselves in one of two ranks the women who do something, and the women who do nothing; the first being of course the only creditable place to occupy. ↗

— Lucy Larcom

#course #first #might #nothing #occupy

You know, my mother's beautiful, my dad was a really handsome man, and there was a lot of talk about looks when I was growing up. ↗

— Courteney Cox

#beautiful #dad #growing #growing up #handsome

I counted on sixty days only, but I held out for 133. I didn't go into power, but to get power I borrowed some power from the President and made him sign a number of decrees and give me enough power to create a system capable of handling crisis situations. ↗

— Aleksandr Lebed

#capable #counted #create #crisis #days

For example, the first time McDonald's put a deaf person in a commercial they saw a jump in sales. I think that happens with other kinds of disabilities and products and that is something that is being realized more and more. ↗

— Richard Masur

#commercial #deaf #disabilities #example #first

I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's easier to get to the truth by not claiming that you are speaking it. Some things can be said in fiction that can never be said in memoir. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#claiming #distrusted #easier #fiction #get

It was our view of the worst that could befall our people if they were taken captive. So, what was fascinating to me was that somehow it appears the techniques that we have feared most in the world would be used on our people, we are using on people in our custody. ↗

— Jane Mayer

#befall #captive #could #custody #fascinating

Logic, sometimes has very little to do with political action. ↗

— Alexander Mackenzie

#little #logic #political #sometimes #very

Television has some lovely aspects to it - and some ghastly aspects - but the theater itself was a wonderful invention. ↗

— Patrick Macnee

#ghastly #invention #itself #lovely #some

Even if what you're working on doesn't go anywhere, it will help you with the next thing you're doing. Make yourself available for something to happen. Give it a shot. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#available #doing #even #give #go

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#environment #excellence #expected #people #quality