#takes

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#down #frees #imprisoned #like #shelf

The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#billions #comfort #continue #dollars #give

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age. ↗

— William Feather

#children #example #fun #good #good example

I am now the Wimbledon champion, and I think that gives me even more confidence coming to the Olympics. And maybe in some ways, it maybe takes some pressure off the Olympics, because I already did win at Wimbledon this year. ↗

— Roger Federer

#am #because #champion #coming #confidence

We're far more defined by our mistakes than the things that we succeed at. ↗

— Emma Caulfield

#far #mistakes #more #our #succeed

I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as a few more lines get added and a piece gets added, eventually the song pretty much takes over and you can't really find a way to change those things. ↗

— Nick Cave

#change #couple #eventually #few #find

If you're a short-seller, that's a cacophony of negative reinforcement. You're basically told that you're wrong in every way imaginable every day. It takes a certain type of individual to drown that noise and negative reinforcement out and to remind oneself that their work is accurate and what they're hearing is not. ↗

— James Chanos

#basically #certain #day #drown #every

There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price. ↗

— Shirley Chisholm

#creative #fighter #independent #little #must

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#again #different #different way #his #man

Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works. ↗

— Naomi Campbell

#learn #look #make #mistakes #works