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I had an immense advantage over many others dealing with the problem inasmuch as I had no fixed ideas derived from long-established practice to control and bias my mind, and did not suffer from the general belief that whatever is, is right. ↗

— Henry Bessemer

#belief #bias #control #dealing #derived

Music has generally involved a lot of awkward contraptions, a certain amount of heavy lifting. ↗

— Tom Waits

#awkward #certain #generally #heavy #involved

No one asks how or what I am doing. They could not care less. We’re all looking glasses, we girls, existing only to reflect their images back to them as they’d like to be seen. Hollow vessels of girls to be rinsed of our own ambitions, wants, and opinions, just waiting to be filled with the cool, tepid water of gracious compliance. A fissure forms in the vessel. I’m cracking open. ↗

— Libba Bray

#gemma-doyle #girl #mirage #society #beauty

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. ↗

— George Best

#birds #booze #cars #fast #fast cars

I used to go missing a lot... Miss Canada, Miss United Kingdom, Miss World. ↗

— George Best

#go #i #kingdom #lot #miss

I always wanted more - more of everything. ↗

— George Best

#everything #i #i always #more #wanted

Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. ↗

— Mary McLeod Bethune

#impossible #nothing #nothing is impossible #possible #without

I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#brother #day #father #fight #good

I definitely don't think that money can buy you love. It can buy you affection but certainly not love. ↗

— George Best

#buy #certainly #definitely #i #love

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets. ↗

— George Best

#bottom #dying #gets #hit #i