#tar

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#else #everything #got #like #make

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. ↗

— Elihu Root

#get #lincoln #men #ought #out

When I was 15, I changed my name legally. I think it was largely due to my struggle about being gay. Everything just didn't fit, and I was trying to find things I could identify myself with, and it started with my name. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#being #changed #could #due #everything

I started my career at the top and have been working my way downwards ever since. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#career #downwards #ever #i #since

I dreamt of being a writer once I started to read. I started to write 'Bonjour Tristesse' in bistros around the Sorbonne. I finished it, I sent it to editors. It was accepted. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

#around #being #dreamt #editors #finished

There are consequences if you act militarily, and there's big consequences if you don't act. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#big #consequences #militarily #you

Fortunately, this is not something that we see a lot of. Very rarely do you see a dog in this terrible shape from starvation. People just aren't that cruel. ↗

— Jonathan Ross

#dog #fortunately #just #lot #people

Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear states - all military conflicts, as well as threats to peace, can be dealt with using conventional weapons. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#conflicts #conventional #dealt #disputes #except

I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

#aspirations #because #film #had #high

I grew up with people staring at me because I was such a tall, awkward girl. ↗

— Matt Emmons

#because #girl #grew #i #me