#stand

I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#careers #davis #ella #ella fitzgerald #emulate

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. ↗

— George Washington

#appellation #before #entitled #friendship #growth

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God. ↗

— George Washington

#hands #honest #let us #raise #repair

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. ↗

— George Washington

#few #few men #highest #men #virtue

I think any role you need to play not so much transforms but I like to think of it as understanding the psychology of another character. ↗

— Hugo Weaving

#any #character #i #i think #like

I certainly don't advocate terrorism as a way of progressing and understanding people, nor do I believe labeling everything as a terrorist act is helpful either. ↗

— Hugo Weaving

#advocate #believe #certainly #either #everything

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny. ↗

— Andrew Lloyd Webber

#intellectual #scrutiny #stand #stand up #up

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#confused #hate #i #love #more

Every user of the river down here understands that a healthy river is absolutely vital for a healthy economy and a healthy tourism industry. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#down #economy #every #healthy #healthy economy

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children. ↗