#su

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#hard #hard work #possible #power #skill

For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve my life-long dream of playing in the NBA. ↗

— Ron Wyden

#national-security #nba #secrets #surveillance #dreams

But the best teams I've encountered have one important thing in common: their team structure and processes cover a full range of distinct competencies necessary for success. ↗

— Jesse James Garrett

#common #competencies #cover #distinct #encountered

A ship's engine far away on the water expands the summer-night horizon. Both joy and sorrow swell in the dew's magnifying glass. Without really knowing, we divine; our life has a sister ship, following quietly another route. While the sun blazes behind the islands. ↗

— Tomas Transtromer

#away #behind #blazes #both #dew

I was just thinking of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and how young they were when they died. I would like to be a pop icon who survives. I would like to be a living icon. ↗

— John Travolta

#died #how #i #icon #james

I used to go to the supermarket dressed as Peter Pan when I was about five years old. ↗

— Luke Treadaway

#dressed #five #go #i #old

I'm curious about everything. Even subjects that don't interest me. ↗

— Alex Trebek

#curious #even #everything #i #interest

Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put something of myself into all the characters in my novels, male as well as female. ↗

— Rose Tremain

#characters #dreams #female #general #i

Life is a wall, you have to climb it by pushing others to climb over and you will be pushed as well. Give a helping hand today. ↗

— Bernard Kelvin Clive

#support #life

I'm super shy, especially at parties. ↗

— Sara Gilbert

#i #parties #shy #super