#taken

Men have always detested women's gossip because they suspect the truth: their measurements are being taken and compared. ↗

— Erica Jong

#because #being #compared #detested #gossip

For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#basketball #because #competitive #competitiveness #energy

You're playing serious music, and you want to be taken seriously. When they get my age wrong on the program, I wish they'd make me older. ↗

— Leila Josefowicz

#get #i #i wish #make #me

We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#could #country #gave #let us #man

It's taken some getting used to, that my father actually is a hero. ↗

— Alexandra Kerry

#father #getting #hero #some #taken

Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#orphan #soul #sunday #taken #you

Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation. ↗

— Norman Schwarzkopf

#been #costs #dinosaur #had #iraq

Not being a comic book fan, being thrown into that and seeing the extreme - it's taken very seriously. So I tried to do as much learning as I could about it so I wasn't mean or anything. ↗

— Ashley Scott

#anything #being #book #comic #comic book

I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader. ↗

— Rick Scott

#better #business #business person #hard #helped

Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything. ↗

— Ridley Scott

#bits #by the time #editing #everything #film