#takes

That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot believe that person just lit me up - how humiliating.' ↗

— David O. Russell

#cannot #ego #fight #get #half

I'm having a good time. Managing my things takes a lot of time. ↗

— Gabriela Sabatini

#good time #having #having a good time #i #lot

In government-directed economies, the collective takes priority over the individual. The moral ideal is equal results. That approach could not be further removed from the real world. ↗

— Paul Ryan

#collective #could #economies #equal #further

President Obama was asked not long ago to reflect on any mistakes he might have made. He said, well, 'I haven't communicated enough.' He said his job is to 'tell a story to the American people' - as if that's the whole problem here? He needs to talk more, and we need to be better listeners? ↗

— Paul Ryan

#american #american people #any #asked #better

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you. ↗

— Katherine Anne Porter

#finally #happens #long #long run #overtakes

I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred. ↗

— Natalie Portman

#allowed #committing #convinced #divorce #easy

I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I mean that you're going to throw away. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#away #going #i #i think #make

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. ↗

— Jean Rhys

#everywhere #finds #home #homes #immigrants

You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind. ↗

— Joely Richardson

#failing #grow #grow up #i #keep

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#bring #delight #down #itself #level